Factors associated with technical difficulty of endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer that met the expanded indication criteria: post hoc analysis of a multi-institutional prospective confirmatory trial (JCOG0607)
ConclusionsUL-negative lesion with > 3 cm, upper or middle portion of stomach and age ≤ 60 years were independent factors associated with technical difficulty of ESD for EGC. Trial registered number was UMIN000000737.
Source: Gastric Cancer - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research
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