Jeon SR, Cho JY, Bok GH, Lee TH, Kim HG, Cho WY, Jin SY, Kim YS. Does immunohistochemical staining have a clinical impact in early gastric cancer conducted endoscopic submucosal dissection? World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(33): 4578-4584 [PMID: 22969232 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i33.4578]
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Joo Young Cho, Professor, MD, PhD, Institute for Digestive Research, Digestive Disease Center, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, 657 Hannam-Dong, Yongsan-Gu, Seoul 140-743, South Korea. cjy6695@dreamwiz.com
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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2012; 18(33): 4578-4584 Published online Sep 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i33.4578
Table 1 Endoscopic and pathologic characteristics of endoscopic submucosal dissection groups
Groups
Absolute (n = 100)
Expanded (n = 248)
P value
Age (yr), mean (range)
62.2 (33-86)
62.9 (33-91)
0.589
Male (%)
70 (70)
189 (76.2)
0.277
Location (%)
0.183
Upper
3 (3)
21 (8.5)
Middle
31 (31)
69 (27.8)
Lower
66 (66)
158 (63.7)
Macroscopic type (%)
< 0.001
Elevated
59 (59)
56 (22.6)
Flat/depressed
36 (36)
131 (52.8)
Mixed
5 (5)
61 (24.6)
Endoscopic ulcer (%)
< 0.001
Present
0 (0)
161 (64.9)
Absent
100 (100)
87 (35.1)
Resection (%)
0.053
En-bloc
100 (100)
234 (94.4)
Complete reconstruction
0 (0)
8 (3.2)
≥ 3 piecemeal
0 (0)
6 (2.4)
Histology (%)
0.069
Differentiated
100 (100)
238 (96)
Undifferentiated
0 (0)
10 (4)
Depth (%)
< 0.001
M2
59 (59)
89 (35.9)
M3
41 (41)
131 (52.8)
SM1
0 (0)
28 (11.3)
Tumor size (mean, range)
11.4 (2-20)
21.2 (3-86)
< 0.001
≤ 20 mm (%)
100 (100)
131 (52.8)
> 20 mm (%)
0 (0)
117 (47.2)
Lateral margin (%)
< 0.001
Positive
0 (0)
24 (9.7)
Negative
100 (100)
224 (90.3)
Vertical margin (%)
0.500
Positive
0 (0)
2 (0.8)
Negative
100 (100)
246 (99.2)
Phenotype (%)
0.312
Gastric
24 (24)
66 (26.6)
Intestinal
31 (31)
92 (37)
Mixed
45 (45)
90 (36.3)
VEGF (%)
0.096
Positive
79 (79)
72 (29)
Negative
21 (21)
176 (71)
High MVD/LVD (%)
0.116
Positive
16 (16)
59 (23.8)
Negative
84 (84)
189 (76.2)
LVI HES
0.713
Positive
0 (0)
1 (0.4)
Negative
100 (100)
247 (99.6)
LVI IHCS
0.038
Positive
0 (0)
11 (4.4)
Negative
100 (100)
237 (95.6)
Table 2 Subgroup analysis in the expanded indication groups
Group 1 (n = 71)
Group 2 (n = 140)
Group 3 (n = 27)
Group 4 (n = 10)
P value
Age > 60 (yr, %)
44 (62)
82 (58.6)
21 (77.8)
6 (60)
0.502
Male (%)
56 (78.9)
104 (74.3)
24 (88.9)
5 (50)
0.455
Location (%)
0.730
Upper + corpus
19 (26.8)
15 (10.7)
11 (40.7)
1 (10)
Lower + angle
52 (73.2)
125 (89.3)
16 (59.3)
9 (90)
Macroscopic type (%)
< 0.001
Elevated
45 (63.4)
4 (2.9)
4 (14.8)
3 (30)
Flat/depressed
26 (36.6)
136 (97.1)
23 (85.2)
7 (70)
Endoscopic ulcer (%)
< 0.001
Present
0 (0)
140 (100)
20 (74.1)
1 (10)
Absent
71 (100)
0 (0)
7 (25.9)
9 (90)
Resection, piece (%)
0.177
≤ 2
68 (95.8)
137 (97.9)
27 (100)
10 (100)
≥ 3
3 (4.2)
3 (2.1)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Depth (%)
0.003
M2
33 (46.5)
52 (37.1)
0 (0)
4 (40)
M3 + SM1
38 (53.5)
88 (62.9)
27 (100)
6 (60)
Tumor size, mm (%)
< 0.001
≤ 20
0 (0)
105 (75)
16 (59.3)
10 (100)
> 20
71(100)
35 (25)
11 (40.7)
0 (0)
Lateral margin (%)
0.091
Positive
10 (14.1)
11 (7.9)
1 (3.7)
2 (20)
Negative
61 (85.9)
129 (92.1)
26 (96.3)
8 (80)
Vertical margin (%)
0.170
Positive
2 (2.8)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Negative
69 (97.2)
140 (100)
27 (100)
10 (100)
Phenotype (%)
0.107
Intestinal
31 (43.7)
50 (35.7)
9 (33.3)
2 (20)
Non-intestinal
40 (56.3)
90 (64.3)
18 (66.7)
8 (80)
VEGF (%)
0.003
Positive
17 (23.9)
34 (24.3)
16 (59.3)
5 (50)
Negative
54 (76.1)
106 (75.7)
11 (40.7)
5 (50)
High LVD/MVD (%)
< 0.001
Positive
11 (15.5)
26 (18.6)
16 (59.3)
6 (60)
Negative
60 (84.5)
114 (81.4)
11 (40.7)
4 (40)
LVI HES
0.005
Positive
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (10)
Negative
71 (100)
140 (100)
27 (100)
9 (90)
LVI IHCS
< 0.001
Positive
1 (1.4)
1 (0.7)
7 (25.9)
2 (20)
Negative
70 (98.6)
139 (99.3)
20 (74.1)
8 (80)
Table 3 Comparison of lymphovascular invasion hematoxylin-eosin staining and lymphovascular invasion immunohistochemical staining groups
ESD indication
LVI IHCS
Total
P value
Negative
Positive
Absolute
LVI HES
Negative
100
0
100
Positive
0
0
0
Total
100
0
100
Expanded
LVI HES
Negative
237
10
247
0.044
Positive
0
1
1 (0.4%)
Total
237
11 (4.4%)
248
Table 4 Comparison of lymphovascular invasion by immunohistochemical stain negative and positive group
LVI IHCS
P value
Negative (n = 237)
Positive (n = 11)
Age, yr (%)
62.6 ± 9.9
69.4 ± 10.2
0.054
≤ 60
92 (38.8)
3 (27.3)
> 60
145 (61.2)
8 (72.7)
Male (%)
182 (76.8)
7 (63.6)
0.297
Location (%)
0.667
Upper + corpus
44 (18.6)
2 (18.2)
Lower + angle
193 (81.4)
9 (81.8)
Macroscopic type (%)
0.715
Elevated
53 (22.4)
3 (27.3)
Flat/depressed
184 (77.6)
8 (72.7)
Endoscopic ulcer (%)
0.524
Present
155 (65.4)
6 (54.5)
Absent
82 (34.6)
5 (45.5)
Resection, piece (%)
0.760
≤ 2
231 (97.5)
11 (100)
≥ 3
6 (2.5)
0 (0.0)
Histology (%)
0.066
Differentiated
229 (96.6)
9 (81.8)
Undifferentiated
8 (3.4)
2 (18.2)
Depth (%)
0.009
M2
89 (37.6)
0 (0)
M3 + SM1
148 (62.4)
11 (100)
Tumor size, mm (%)
21.2 ± 12.8
21.2 ± 16.7
0.986
≤ 20
125 (52.7)
6 (54.5)
> 20
112 (47.3)
5 (45.5)
Lateral margin (%)
0.289
Positive
22 (9.3)
2 (18.2)
Negative
215 (90.7)
9 (81.8)
Vertical margin (%)
0.913
Positive
2 (0.8)
0 (0)
Negative
235 (99.2)
11 (100)
Phenotype (%)
0.751
Intestinal
89 (37.6)
3 (27.3)
Non-intestinal
148 (62.4)
8 (72.7)
VEGF (%)
< 0.001
Positive
62 (26.2)
10 (90.9)
Negative
175 (73.8)
1 (9.1)
High LVD/MVD (%)
< 0.001
Positive
48 (20.3)
11 (100)
Negative
189 (79.7)
0 (0.0)
Table 5 Clinicopathological characteristics of the five patients who underwent surgical resection after endoscopic submucosal dissection
Sex/age (yr)
Type
Site
Ulcer
Pathology
Size (mm)
LM/VM
Depth
LVI HES
LVI IHCS
Residual tumor
LN
Female/67
IIc
Lower
-
MD
30
-/+
M
-
-
+
-
Male/74
III
Middle
+
WD
14
+/-
M
+
+
-
-
Female/64
III
Middle
+
MD
19
+/-
M
-
-
-
-
Female/54
I
Middle
-
MD
68
+/-
M
-
+
+
-
Male/35
I
Middle
-
MD
22
-/-
M
-
-
-
-
Citation: Jeon SR, Cho JY, Bok GH, Lee TH, Kim HG, Cho WY, Jin SY, Kim YS. Does immunohistochemical staining have a clinical impact in early gastric cancer conducted endoscopic submucosal dissection? World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(33): 4578-4584