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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Jun 16;19(11):3486–3490. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2442-z

Table 3.

Pathological Information

Tumor Characteristics* No. (%)
Diameter (mm)
   0–5 mm 15 (83)
   6–10 mm 3 (17)
Depth of invasion
   T1aţ 17 (94.5)
   T1bţ 1 (5.5)
Initial margins
   Positive 7 (39)
   Indeterminateŧ 11 (61)
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Mean tumor diameter±SEM = 4.6±0.5 mm.

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T1: Tumor invades lamina propria or submucosa and size ≤2 cm. T1a: Tumor size <1 cm. T1b: Tumor size 1–2 cm. [17]

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The tumor specimen was either in fragments, or the status of the margin was not specified in the pathology report.