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. 2015 Feb 7;21(5):1628–1635. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i5.1628

Table 2.

Lymph node micrometastasis characteristics of the included studies

Ref. Depth of tumor invasion Method Antibody Definition of micrometastasis LNs (n) Average LNs (n)
Cai et al[18], 2000 T1b IHC CK (CAM5.2) pN0 by HE staining 1945 25.0
Fukagawa et al[19], 2001 T2-T3 IHC CK (AE1/AE3) pN0 by HE staining 4484 41.9
Choi et al[20], 2002 T1b IHC CK (AE1/AE3) pN0 by HE staining 2272 25.8
Lee et al[21], 2002 T1-T4 IHC CK (35βH11) pN0 by HE staining 3625 23.7
Yasuda et al[22], 2002 T2-T3 IHC CK (CAM5.2) pN0 by HE staining 2039 31.9
Morgagni et al[23], 2003 T1 IHC CK(MNF 116) pN0 by HE staining 5400 18.0
Yonemura et al[24], 2007 T1-T4 IHC CK (AE1/AE3) ≤ 0.2 mm 12012 39.0
Kim et al[25], 2008 T1-T3 IHC CK (AE1/AE3) pN0 by HE staining 4990 27.1
Ishii et al[26], 2008 T1b-T2 IHC CK (O.N.352) pN0 by HE staining 1028 29.4
Kim et al[27], 2009 T1 IHC CK (AE1/AE3) ≤ 2 mm 3526 39.2
Wang et al[28], 2011 T1-T3 IHC CK (AE1/AE3) > 0.2 mm and ≤ 2 mm 4202 22.0
Jeuck et al[29], 2015 T1-T4 IHC CK (KL1) pN0 by HE staining 2018 21.2

IHC: Inmmunohistochemistry; CK: Cytokeratin; pN0: Node-negative; HE: Hematoxyline-eosin; T1: Tumor invades lamina propria, muscularis mucosae or submucosa; T1a: Tumor invades lamina propria or muscularis mucosae; T1b: Tumor invades submucosa; T2: Tumor invades muscularis propria; T3: Tumor penetrates subserosal connective tissue without invasion of visceral peritoneum or adjacent structures; T4a: Tumor invades serosa (visceral peritoneum); T4b: Tumor invades adjacent structures.