Risk factors for submucosal and lymphovascular invasion in gastric cancer looking indicative for endoscopic submucosal dissection
2014
Background
Submucosal and lymphovascular (SM/LV) invasions of early gastric cancer (EGC) are difficult to diagnose accurately prior to endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), and are occasionally found in resected specimens, requiring additional gastrectomy and lymph node dissection. We performed a retrospective study to determine the risk factors for SM/LV invasions.
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