Endoscopic grading of gastric atrophy and histological gastritis staging on risk assessment for early gastric cancer: a case-control study.
Min ChenXiao Lei LiuXiao Jing ZhuSi Ran WuNa WangSong Bo LiLi Feng ZhangJun Ye LiuYong Quan ShiPublished in: Journal of digestive diseases (2023)
This study confirms the role of endoscopic Kimura-Takemoto classification and histological OLGIM stage III/IV as independent risk factors for EGC. It may simplify every day practice by reducing the need for biopsies to stratify EGC risk. Further muti-center prospective study of large size is needed. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.