Risk for lymph node metastasis in Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma with submucosal invasion.
Yosuke TsujiTetsuo UshikuTomohiro ShinozakiHiroharu YamashitaYasuyuki SetoMasashi FukayamaMitsuhiro FujishiroIchiro OdaHitoshi KataiHirokazu TaniguchiKenkei HasataniYasuharu KaizakiAtsunori OgaJun NishikawaRisaburo AkasakaMasaki EndoTamotsu SugaiTakayuki MatsumotoKazuhiko KoikePublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2020)
Our findings indicated that lymphatic invasion and submucosal invasion ≥4000 μm were significant risk factors for LNM. ESD could be an appropriate option for pT1b-EBVGC without lymphatic invasion and with submucosal invasion <2000 μm.