Incidence, Survival, and Predictors of Lymph Node Involvement in Early-Stage Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma in the US.
Sridevi K PokalaChao ZhangZhengjia ChenAnthony M GamboaSarah L CristofaroSteven A KeilinQiang CaiField F WillinghamPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)
The incidence of potentially resectable signet ring gastric carcinoma has not changed significantly over the past decade. While presenting with predominantly high-grade histology, early T-stage disease has a high survival rate. Small T1a tumors have low rates of nodal metastasis, suggesting that an endoscopic resection could be considered in this subset.