Risk of lymph node metastasis in undifferentiated-type mucosal gastric carcinoma

Abstract Background Endoscopic resection (ER) has come to be recognized as a standard treatment for early gastric cancer (EGC). While its adoption is expanding, ER remains restricted to cases of EGC without lymph node metastasis for the treatment of local resection. On the other hand, histopathologi...

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Main Authors: Rieko Nakamura, Tai Omori, Shuhei Mayanagi, Tomoyuki Irino, Norihito Wada, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Kaori Kameyama, Yuko Kitagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-019-1571-2