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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2009; 15(22): 2708-2713
Published online Jun 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2708
Published online Jun 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2708
Table 4 Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics and incidence of LNM based on the treatment strategy n (%)
| EMR (n = 195) | Surgery (n = 388) | P value | |
| Depth of invasion | |||
| sm-superficial (< 1000 &mgr;m) | 61 (32) | 52 (13) | < 0.0001 |
| sm-deep (≥ 1000 &mgr;m) | 134 (69) | 336 (87) | |
| LVI | 33 (17) | 118 (30) | 0.0006 |
| PDA | 18 (9) | 73 (19) | 0.0006 |
| Positive rate of cut margin1 | 37 (19) | 0 (0) | < 0.0001 |
| Lateral | 8 (22) | 0 (0) | |
| Vertical | 29 (78) | 0 (0) | |
| Additional surgical operation | 82 (42) | - | |
| LNM | 9/82 (11.0) | 47/388 (12.1) | 0.79 |
- Citation: Matsuda T, Saito Y, Fujii T, Uraoka T, Nakajima T, Kobayashi N, Emura F, Ono A, Shimoda T, Ikematsu H, Fu KI, Sano Y, Fujimori T. Size does not determine the grade of malignancy of early invasive colorectal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(22): 2708-2713
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v15/i22/2708.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.2708