Clinicopathological Characteristics and Prognostic Analysis of Early Gastric Cancer without Lymph Node Metastasis

VernacularTitle:淋巴结转移阴性早期胃癌的临床病理特点及预后分析
Author: Shangfeng LUAN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Stomach neoplasm; Lymph node metastasis; Prognosis
From: Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010;37(4):226-228
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and the prognosis of esophageal cancer pa-tients without lymph node metastasis. Methods: We reviewed the clinicopathological data of 132 early gastric cancer pa-tients without lymph node metastasis seen in our hospital between January 1983 and December 2003. Results: Tumor size and depth of invasion were correlated with early gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). NO correlations were found between prognosis and tumor location, tumor size, macroscopic type, or histological type (P>0.05). Depth of in-vasion was correlated with prognosis (P<0.05). The 3- and 5-year survival rates were 91.3% and 84.9%, respectively. Con-clusion: Depth of invasion is an independent prognostic factor for eady gastric cancer. Precise evaluation of lymph node me-tastasis before and during surgery is essential for the selection of treatment and improvement of prognosis of early gastric cancer.