TABLE 3.

Number of lymph node metastases in all cases and mixed-type EGC patients fulfilling different Japanese endoscopic resection criteria.

Variables	Absolute criterion	Expanded criterion #1	Expanded criterion #2	Expanded criterion #3	Expanded criterion #4	Total
All EGC patients
No. of cases	215	95	28	127	90	555
LNM cases [n (%)]	3 (1.4)	2 (2.1)	1 (3.6)	9 (7.1)	6 (6.7)	21 (3.8)
Mixed-type EGC patients
No. of cases	28	12	8	8	4	60
LNM cases [n (%)]	0 (0)	1 (8.3)	1 (12.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (3.3)

EGC, early gastric cancer; LNM, lymph node metastasis.