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Intramucosal-lymphatic invasion has a slight impact on lymph node metastasis in patients with early gastric cancer.

Shizuki SugitaTakahiro KinoshitaTakeshi KuwataMasanori TokunagaAkio KaitoMasahiro WatanabeAkiko TonouchiReo SatoMasato Nagino
Published in: Surgery today (2019)
LI limited to the mucosal region does not seem to be a strong indicator for LNM. When pathological findings of an endoscopic submucosal dissection specimen show only mLI as a non-curative criterion, the probability of LNM may be very low.
Keyphrases
  • lymph node metastasis
  • endoscopic submucosal dissection
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • papillary thyroid
  • lymph node
  • cell migration
  • rectal cancer
  • ulcerative colitis