Table 1 .
Invasive cancer detected during follow up of non-invasive gastric neoplasia
| Gastric cancer detected after follow up longer than 12 months |
Gastric cancer detected within 12 months from initial diagnosis |
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| Histology at enrollment | Follow up (months)* | EGC | AGC | GC-nos | Follow up (months)* |
EGC | AGC | GC-nos |
| Low grade non-invasive neoplasia (99 cases) | 48 (38–80) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 (1–2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| High grade non-invasive neoplasia (25 cases) | 30 (13–72) | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 (1–4) | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 35 (13–80) | 19 | 1.7 (1–4) | 11 | ||||
EGC, early gastric cancer (that is, UICC pathological stage I); AGC, advanced gastric cancer (that is, UICC pathological stages II-II-III); GC-nos, gastric cancer of unknown pathological stage.
*Mean (range).