Feasibility of further expansion of the indications for endoscopic submucosal dissection in undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer.
Yusuke HoriuchiSatoshi IdaNoriko YamamotoSouya NunobeNaoki IshizukaShoichi YoshimizuAkiyoshi IshiyamaToshiyuki YoshioToshiaki HirasawaTomohiro TsuchidaKoshi KumagaiManabu OhashiTakeshi SanoJunko FujisakiPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2019)
Intramucosal P-UD EGC patients with absence of ulcerative findings, absence of lymphatic invasion, absence of vascular invasion, and tumor diameters of ≤ 40 mm did not show LNM. We suggest expanding indications for ESD to include these patients.