Table 2.
Characteristics of 68 gastric cancers that developed after H. pylori eradication
| N | |
|---|---|
| Endoscopic featuresa | |
| Superficial depressed (0 − IIc) | 36 |
| Superficial depressed + elevated (0 − IIc + IIa) | 4 |
| Superficial flat type (0 − IIb) | 12 |
| Superficial elevated type (0 − IIa) | 3 |
| Depressed type (0 − III) | 3 |
| Submucosal tumor-like | 2 |
| Borrmann’s classification type 2 | 4 |
| Borrmann’s classification type 3 | 2 |
| Borrmann’s classification type 4 | 2 |
| TNM stages | |
| Stage IA | 58 |
| Stage IB | 2 |
| Stage IIA | 4 |
| Stage IIB | 1 |
| Stage IIIA | 2 |
| Stage IV | 1 |
| Histological type | |
| Intestinal typeb | 43 |
| Diffuse type | 25 |
aEndoscopic features according to classification of Japanese Gastric Cancer Association [22]
bSix fundic gland-type cancers were classified into intestinal-type cancer