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. 1997 Aug;41(2):142–150. doi: 10.1136/gut.41.2.142

Early gastric cancer in Europe

S EVERETT 1, A AXON 1
PMCID: PMC1891459  PMID: 9301490

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: Macroscopic classification of early gastric cancer according to the Japanese Research Society for gastric cancer. 


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: Macroscopic classification of early gastric cancer: per cent of lesions that are depressed or excavated, or a combination of the two (IIc, III, IIc + III). 


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: Early gastric cancer and depth of invasion: per cent of lesions that have invaded mucosa alone or have invaded into the submucosa. 


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: Early gastric cancer according to the Lauren classification: per cent of cases with intestinal, diffuse, or mixed histology. 


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: Lymphadenopathy in early gastric cancer: per cent of cases with involved lymph nodes detected at time of operation. 


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: Lymphadenopathy in early gastric cancer according to depth of invasion: per cent of cases with involved lymph nodes detected at time of operation, divided into cases of mucosal invasion alone and cases in which the submucosa has been invaded. 


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: Recurrence rate of early gastric cancer. The recurrence rate was calculated from data published in the relevant references. It includes patients with recurrence of early gastric cancer regardless of ultimate survival. Operative mortality is excluded. Numbers above columns represent follow up in years (mean or median, as reported in the publication). 


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: Five year survival of patients with early gastric cancer: prognosis according to presence or absence of lymphadenopathy at time of operation. *Ten year survival. 


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: Five year survival of patients with early gastric cancer: prognosis to depth of invasion (mucosal or submucosal) at time of operation. *p < 0.05. 


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