Feasibility of endoscopic treatment and predictors of lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer.

CONCLUSION: The absolute indications for ESD are reasonable, and the feasibility of expanding the indications for ESD requires further investigation. The predictors of LNM include invasion depth, LVI, mucinous adenocarcinoma, and lesion size.
PMID: 31558878 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - September 20, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Chu YN, Yu YN, Jing X, Mao T, Chen YQ, Zhou XB, Song W, Zhao XZ, Tian ZB Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research