Regional lymph node recurrence without intragastric lesions after curative endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer meeting the absolute indications of endoscopic resection
Abstract:Rationale: With the increase of gastric cancer surveillance and endoscopic resection techniques, the number of endoscopic resections being performed for the treatment of early gastric cancer in East Asian countries has been increasing. Previously, endoscopic resection has been limited to only differentiated type intramucosal cancers which had a diameter 2.0 cm, provided there was no evidence of ulceration and lymphovascular invasion, known as absolute indications. And recently, indications for endoscopic resec… Show more
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