Table 1.
Characteristics of the 27 patients with early gastric cancer enrolled for argon plasma coagulation treatment
| Type of cancer | Case No | Age (y) | Sex | Location* | Diameter (mm) | Prior treatment | Follow up period (months) | Recurrence | Complications |
| IIa: elevated type | |||||||||
| 1 | 83 | F | Lower body, l | 10 | (−) | 30 | (−) | (−) | |
| 2 | 83 | M | Cardia | 10 | EMR | 35 | (−) | (−) | |
| 3 | 80 | M | Lower body, p | 15 | EMR | 32 | (−) | (−) | |
| 4 | 83 | F | Lower body, l | 20 | EMR | 38 | (−) | (−) | |
| 5† | 77 | M | Cardia | 35 | EMR | 33 | (−) | Intermittent abdomoinal distension | |
| IIb: flat type | |||||||||
| 1 | 73 | M | Antrum, l | 5 | EMR | 24 | (−) | (−) | |
| IIc: depressed type | |||||||||
| 1 | 82 | M | Antrum, l | 5 | (−) | 25 | (−) | (−) | |
| 2 | 70 | M | Antrum, a | 10 | EMR | 36 | (−) | (−) | |
| 3 | 87 | M | Antrum, l | 10 | EMR | 24 | (−) | (−) | |
| 4 | 81 | F | Lower body, p | 10 | (−) | 21 | (−) | (−) | |
| 5 | 81 | M | Lower body, p | 10 | (−) | 33 | (−) | (−) | |
| 6 | 74 | M | Upper body, p | 10 | (−) | 35 | (−) | (−) | |
| 7 | 80 | M | Antrum, a | 10 | (−) | 32 | (−) | (−) | |
| 8 | 83 | F | Antrum, p | 10 | (−) | 49 | (−) | (−) | |
| 9 | 84 | M | Cardia | 15 | EMR | 29 | (−) | (−) | |
| 10 | 78 | M | Lower body, p | 15 | EMR | 18 | (−) | (−) | |
| 11 | 81 | M | Lower body, l | 15 | (−) | 36 | (−) | (−) | |
| 12 | 73 | F | Upper body, p | 18 | (−) | 28 | (−) | (−) | |
| 13 | 57 | M | Upper body, p | 15 | (−) | 24 | (−) | (−) | |
| 14 | 81 | M | Lower body, l | 15 | (−) | 45 | (−) | (−) | |
| 15 | 80 | M | Cardia | 15 | (−) | 31 | (−) | (−) | |
| 16 | 76 | M | Antrum, l | 15 | (−) | 25 | (−) | (−) | |
| 17 | 73 | F | Lower body, p | 15 | (−) | 20 | (−) | (−) | |
| 18 | 73 | M | Lower body, l | 20 | EMR | 30 | (−) | (−) | |
| 19 | 70 | M | Lower body, p | 20 | EMR | 21 | (−) | (−) | |
| IIa+IIc: mixed type | |||||||||
| 1 | 87 | F | Cardia | 15 | EMR | 45 | (+) | Intermittent abdomoinal distension | |
| 2 | 67 | M | Mid body, g | 20 | EMR | 33 | (−) | Intermittent abdomoinal distension | |
| Mean (SD) | 78 (7) | 14 (6) | 30 (7) | ||||||
*l, lesser curvature; g, grater curvature; a, anterior wall; p, posterior wall.
†Type IIa: case 5, was treated three times.
EMR, endoscopic mucosal resection.