Risk Factors for Lymph Node Metastasis in Western Early Gastric Cancer After Optimal Surgical Treatment.
Marina Alessandra PereiraMarcus Fernando Kodama Pertille RamosAndré Roncon DiasSheila Friedrich FarajOsmar Kenji YagiAdriana Vaz Safatle-RibeiroFauze Maluf-FilhoBruno ZilbersteinIvan CecconelloEvandro Sobroza de MelloUlysses Ribeiro JuniorPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2017)
Tumor size, venous, lymphatic, and perineural invasions were associated with LNM and should be considered as surrogate markers for surgical treatment of EGC. Expanded criteria for endoscopic resection can be safely adopted only in selected cases.