The longest diameter of tumor as a parameter of endoscopic resection in early gastric cancer: In comparison with tumor area.

Yoo Jin UmHae Won KimDa Hyun JungJie-Hyun KimJae Jun ParkYoung Hoon YounHyojin ParkJong Won KimSeung Ho ChoiSung Hoon Noh

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Tumor area may not be more helpful to predict LNM than longest diameter in EGC. Therefore, the longest diameter of tumor may be sufficient as an indicator of tumor burden in EGC.

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