Risk Factors of Lymph Node Metastasis in 1620 Early Gastric Carcinoma Radical Resections in Jiangsu Province in China: A Multicenter Clinicopathologic Study

CONCLUSIONIndependent RFs for LNM in EGC in Chinese patients included tumor size > 3 cm, poor differentiation, submucosal invasion, adenocarcinoma mixed with signet‐ring cell carcinoma, and LVI. Early cardiac carcinoma had significantly lower risk for LNM.

Source: Journal of Digestive Diseases - September 26, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Lin Chen, Yourhui Wang, Yuqing Cheng, Mingzhan Du, Jiong Shi, Xianghan Fan, Xiaoli Zhou, Yifeng Zhang, Lingchan Guo, Guifang Xu, Yamin He, Dan Zhou, Xiaoping Zou, Qin Huang, Tags: Original article Source Type: research