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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Aug 25, 2016; 8(16): 558-567
Published online Aug 25, 2016. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i16.558
Published online Aug 25, 2016. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i16.558
Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the 21 inconclusive cases
| Tumor-related factors | No. of inconclusive cases (%) | P value | |
| Macroscopic type | < 0.0001 | ||
| I | (n = 9) | 9 (100) | |
| IIa | (n = 51) | 7 (13.7) | |
| IIc | (n = 92) | 5 (5.4) | |
| Location | 0.03 | ||
| Upper | (n = 45) | 3 (6.7) | |
| Middle | (n = 69) | 8 (11.6) | |
| Lower | (n = 39) | 10 (25.6) | |
| Histology | 0.16 | ||
| Differentiated | (n = 118) | 19 (16.1) | |
| Undifferentiated | (n = 35) | 2 (5.7) | |
| Ulcer scar | 0.37 | ||
| Positive | (n = 29) | 2 (6.9) | |
| Negative | (n = 124) | 19 (15.3) | |
| Criteria for ER | 0.58 | ||
| Absolute | (n = 51) | 9 (17.6) | |
| Expanded | (n = 38) | 5 (13.2) | |
| Non-indication | (n = 64) | 7 (10.3) | |
- Citation: Watari J, Ueyama S, Tomita T, Ikehara H, Hori K, Hara K, Yamasaki T, Okugawa T, Kondo T, Kono T, Tozawa K, Oshima T, Fukui H, Miwa H. What types of early gastric cancer are indicated for endoscopic ultrasonography staging of invasion depth? World J Gastrointest Endosc 2016; 8(16): 558-567
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v8.i16.558