Table 1.

Clinicopathological features of the early gastric carcinomas.

Macroscopic type	Color	Size (mm)	Differentiation	Invasion depth	ly	v	Therapy
0-IIc	Reddish	15	Differentiated	m	—	—	ESD
0-IIa	Reddish	8	Differentiated	m	—	—	ESD
0-IIc	Reddish	8	Differentiated	m	—	—	ESD
0-IIc	Reddish	13	Differentiated	m	—	—	ESD
0-IIc	Reddish	15	Undifferentiated	sm	—	—	Surgery
0-IIc	Discolored	29	Undifferentiated	m	—	—	Surgery
0-IIa	Normal-colored	12	Differentiated	m	—	—	ESD
0-IIc	Reddish	9	Differentiated	m	—	—	ESD
0-IIc	Discolored	25	Undifferentiated	m	—	—	Surgery
0-IIc	Reddish	20	Differentiated	m	—	—	ESD

m: mucosal cancer; sm: submucosal cancer; v: venous invasion; ly: lymphatic invasion; ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection.