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 NaginoPublished 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.