Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: University hospital, Japan. SUBJECTS: INTERVENTIONS: The risk of nodal metastases was analysed retrospectively depending on the depth of submucosal invasion, size of the tumour, and other clinicopathological findings. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: RESULTS: CONCLUSION: These data seem to support the hypothesis that early, minimally invasive, gastric cancer measuring < 15 mm in diameter could be treated by endoscopic mucosal or local resection, and gastrectomy with lymphadenectomy might be unnecessary.
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Authors | H Yamada, Z Nihei, T Yamashita, Y Shirota, W Ichikawa, K Sugihara |
Journal | The European journal of surgery = Acta chirurgica
(Eur J Surg)
Vol. 167
Issue 3
Pg. 199-203
(Mar 2001)
ISSN: 1102-4151 [Print] England |
PMID | 11316405
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Gastrectomy
(methods)
- Humans
- Lymph Node Excision
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Retrospective Studies
- Stomach Neoplasms
(pathology, surgery)
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