Background: The effectiveness of esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) screening in cohorts with low Helicobacter pylori prevalence is unknown. This study aimed to develop an optimally efficient EGD screening strategy for detecting H. pylori-naïve gastric neoplasms (HpNGNs).
Methods: EGD data of 12 institutions from 2016 to 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Age-related HpNGN prevalence, tumor growth rate, missing rate, and detection threshold size were calculated from the databases. Subsequently, using clinical data, a novel mathematical model that simultaneously simulated demographic changes and HpNGN detection was developed. Screening strategies using different starting ages (40/45/50 years) and intervals (2/5/10 years) were also compared. The detection rates of all tumors occurring within the virtual cohort and number-needed-to-test (NNT) were measured as outcomes.
Results: Data of 519,368 EGDs and 97 HpNGNs (34 pure signet ring cell carcinomas, 26 gastric adenocarcinomas of the fundic gland type, 30 foveolar gastric adenoma-Raspberry type, and seven undifferentiated-type cancer cases) were analyzed. A virtual cohort with a 70-year time horizon was used to simulate the occurrence, growth, and detection of 346,5836 people. Among the strategies with detection rate > 50%, the screening strategy with a 5-year interval starting at 45 years of age had the lowest NNT. Adopting this strategy, most HpNGNs were detected at < 20 mm in size, and the deep submucosal invasion rate was less than 30%.
Conclusions: A mathematical simulation model revealed that screening every 5 years starting at 45 years of age could efficiently assist in identifying HpNGNs at an early stage.
{"title":"A mathematical simulation model to determine the optimal endoscopic screening strategy for detection of H. pylori-naïve gastric neoplasms.","authors":"Fumiaki Ishibashi, Kosuke Okusa, Yoshitaka Tokai, Toshiaki Hirasawa, Tomohiro Kawakami, Kentaro Mochida, Yuka Yanai, Chizu Yokoi, Yuko Hayashi, Shun-Ichiro Ozawa, Koji Uraushihara, Yohei Minato, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Hiroya Ueyama, Mikinori Kataoka, Yuzo Toyama, Yuji Mizokami, Sho Suzuki","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01525-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01525-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The effectiveness of esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) screening in cohorts with low Helicobacter pylori prevalence is unknown. This study aimed to develop an optimally efficient EGD screening strategy for detecting H. pylori-naïve gastric neoplasms (HpNGNs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>EGD data of 12 institutions from 2016 to 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Age-related HpNGN prevalence, tumor growth rate, missing rate, and detection threshold size were calculated from the databases. Subsequently, using clinical data, a novel mathematical model that simultaneously simulated demographic changes and HpNGN detection was developed. Screening strategies using different starting ages (40/45/50 years) and intervals (2/5/10 years) were also compared. The detection rates of all tumors occurring within the virtual cohort and number-needed-to-test (NNT) were measured as outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data of 519,368 EGDs and 97 HpNGNs (34 pure signet ring cell carcinomas, 26 gastric adenocarcinomas of the fundic gland type, 30 foveolar gastric adenoma-Raspberry type, and seven undifferentiated-type cancer cases) were analyzed. A virtual cohort with a 70-year time horizon was used to simulate the occurrence, growth, and detection of 346,5836 people. Among the strategies with detection rate > 50%, the screening strategy with a 5-year interval starting at 45 years of age had the lowest NNT. Adopting this strategy, most HpNGNs were detected at < 20 mm in size, and the deep submucosal invasion rate was less than 30%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A mathematical simulation model revealed that screening every 5 years starting at 45 years of age could efficiently assist in identifying HpNGNs at an early stage.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"1078-1087"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141467433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-07-18DOI: 10.1007/s10120-024-01530-5
Eunju Lee, Yun-Suhk Suh, Mira Yoo, Duyeong Hwang, So Hyun Kang, Sangjun Lee, Young Suk Park, Sang-Hoon Ahn, Seong-Ho Kong, Do Joong Park, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Hyung-Ho Kim, Han-Kwang Yang
Background: The technical challenges and safety concerns of single-incision laparoscopic gastrectomy for overweight and obese gastric cancer patients remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of single-incision laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (SIDG) compared to multiport laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (MLDG) in overweight and obese gastric cancer patients.
Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed overweight and obese patients (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2) and pathologic stage T1 primary gastric adenocarcinoma treated with either SIDG or MLDG. The SIDG and MLDG groups were propensity score matched at a 1:2 ratio using age, sex, height, body weight, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, year of surgery, pathologic N stage, and anastomosis method as covariates.
Results: After 1:2 matching, the study included patients who underwent SIDG (n = 179) and MLDG (n = 358). No significant difference in the number of retrieved lymph nodes was found between the SIDG and MLDG groups (52.8 ± 19.3 vs. 53.9 ± 21.0, P = 0.56). Operation times were significantly shorter in the SIDG group (170.8 ± 60.0 min vs. 186.1 ± 52.6 min, P = 0.004). The postoperative hospital length of stay was comparable between the 2 groups (SIDG: 5.9 ± 3.4 days vs. MLDG: 6.3 ± 5.1 days, P = 0.23), as was postoperative complication rate (SIDG: 13.4% vs. MLDG: 12.8%, P = 0.89).
Conclusions: SIDG was shown to be as safe and feasible as MLDG for overweight and obese gastric cancer patients, with comparable early postoperative complication rates without compromising operation time compared to MLDG.
{"title":"Safety and feasibility of single-incision laparoscopic distal gastrectomy in overweight and obese gastric cancer patients: a propensity score-matched analysis.","authors":"Eunju Lee, Yun-Suhk Suh, Mira Yoo, Duyeong Hwang, So Hyun Kang, Sangjun Lee, Young Suk Park, Sang-Hoon Ahn, Seong-Ho Kong, Do Joong Park, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Hyung-Ho Kim, Han-Kwang Yang","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01530-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01530-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The technical challenges and safety concerns of single-incision laparoscopic gastrectomy for overweight and obese gastric cancer patients remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of single-incision laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (SIDG) compared to multiport laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (MLDG) in overweight and obese gastric cancer patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study retrospectively analyzed overweight and obese patients (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) and pathologic stage T1 primary gastric adenocarcinoma treated with either SIDG or MLDG. The SIDG and MLDG groups were propensity score matched at a 1:2 ratio using age, sex, height, body weight, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, year of surgery, pathologic N stage, and anastomosis method as covariates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After 1:2 matching, the study included patients who underwent SIDG (n = 179) and MLDG (n = 358). No significant difference in the number of retrieved lymph nodes was found between the SIDG and MLDG groups (52.8 ± 19.3 vs. 53.9 ± 21.0, P = 0.56). Operation times were significantly shorter in the SIDG group (170.8 ± 60.0 min vs. 186.1 ± 52.6 min, P = 0.004). The postoperative hospital length of stay was comparable between the 2 groups (SIDG: 5.9 ± 3.4 days vs. MLDG: 6.3 ± 5.1 days, P = 0.23), as was postoperative complication rate (SIDG: 13.4% vs. MLDG: 12.8%, P = 0.89).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SIDG was shown to be as safe and feasible as MLDG for overweight and obese gastric cancer patients, with comparable early postoperative complication rates without compromising operation time compared to MLDG.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"1136-1146"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11335889/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141633087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-07-02DOI: 10.1007/s10120-024-01524-3
Seunghan Lee, Jiwoon Jeon, Jinbae Park, Young Hoon Chang, Cheol Min Shin, Mi Jin Oh, Su Hyun Kim, Seungkyung Kang, Su Hee Park, Sang Gyun Kim, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Han-Kwang Yang, Hey Seung Lee, Soo-Jeong Cho
Background: Accurate prediction of pathologic results for early gastric cancer (EGC) based on endoscopic findings is essential in deciding between endoscopic and surgical resection. This study aimed to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) model to assess comprehensive pathologic characteristics of EGC using white-light endoscopic images and videos.
Methods: To train the model, we retrospectively collected 4,336 images and prospectively included 153 videos from patients with EGC who underwent endoscopic or surgical resection. The performance of the model was tested and compared to that of 16 endoscopists (nine experts and seven novices) using a mutually exclusive set of 260 images and 10 videos. Finally, we conducted external validation using 436 images and 89 videos from another institution.
Results: After training, the model achieved predictive accuracies of 89.7% for undifferentiated histology, 88.0% for submucosal invasion, 87.9% for lymphovascular invasion (LVI), and 92.7% for lymph node metastasis (LNM), using endoscopic videos. The area under the curve values of the model were 0.992 for undifferentiated histology, 0.902 for submucosal invasion, 0.706 for LVI, and 0.680 for LNM in the test. In addition, the model showed significantly higher accuracy than the experts in predicting undifferentiated histology (92.7% vs. 71.6%), submucosal invasion (87.3% vs. 72.6%), and LNM (87.7% vs. 72.3%). The external validation showed accuracies of 75.6% and 71.9% for undifferentiated histology and submucosal invasion, respectively.
Conclusions: AI may assist endoscopists with high predictive performance for differentiation status and invasion depth of EGC. Further research is needed to improve the detection of LVI and LNM.
{"title":"An artificial intelligence system for comprehensive pathologic outcome prediction in early gastric cancer through endoscopic image analysis (with video).","authors":"Seunghan Lee, Jiwoon Jeon, Jinbae Park, Young Hoon Chang, Cheol Min Shin, Mi Jin Oh, Su Hyun Kim, Seungkyung Kang, Su Hee Park, Sang Gyun Kim, Hyuk-Joon Lee, Han-Kwang Yang, Hey Seung Lee, Soo-Jeong Cho","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01524-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01524-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Accurate prediction of pathologic results for early gastric cancer (EGC) based on endoscopic findings is essential in deciding between endoscopic and surgical resection. This study aimed to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) model to assess comprehensive pathologic characteristics of EGC using white-light endoscopic images and videos.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To train the model, we retrospectively collected 4,336 images and prospectively included 153 videos from patients with EGC who underwent endoscopic or surgical resection. The performance of the model was tested and compared to that of 16 endoscopists (nine experts and seven novices) using a mutually exclusive set of 260 images and 10 videos. Finally, we conducted external validation using 436 images and 89 videos from another institution.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After training, the model achieved predictive accuracies of 89.7% for undifferentiated histology, 88.0% for submucosal invasion, 87.9% for lymphovascular invasion (LVI), and 92.7% for lymph node metastasis (LNM), using endoscopic videos. The area under the curve values of the model were 0.992 for undifferentiated histology, 0.902 for submucosal invasion, 0.706 for LVI, and 0.680 for LNM in the test. In addition, the model showed significantly higher accuracy than the experts in predicting undifferentiated histology (92.7% vs. 71.6%), submucosal invasion (87.3% vs. 72.6%), and LNM (87.7% vs. 72.3%). The external validation showed accuracies of 75.6% and 71.9% for undifferentiated histology and submucosal invasion, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>AI may assist endoscopists with high predictive performance for differentiation status and invasion depth of EGC. Further research is needed to improve the detection of LVI and LNM.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"1088-1099"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11335909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141491688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy following curative surgery for locally advanced gastric cancer (AGC) significantly improves long-term patient prognosis. However, delayed chemotherapy (DC), in which patients are unable to receive timely treatment, is a common phenomenon in clinical practice for various reasons. This study aimed to investigate the impact of DC on the prognosis of patients with stage II-III locally AGC and explore the associated risk factors.
Methods: Data from four prospective studies were included in the pooled analysis. The planned chemotherapy (PC) group was defined as the time interval between surgery and the first chemotherapy ≤ 49 d, while the DC group was defined as the time interval between surgery and chemotherapy > 49 d. The prognosis, recurrence, and risk factors were compared, and a nomogram for predicting DC was established.
Results: In total, 596 patients were included, of whom 531 (89.1%) had PC and 65 (10.9%) had DC. Survival analysis revealed that the 5-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were significantly lower in the DC group than those in the PC group (log-rank P < 0.001). Cox univariable and multivariable analyses showed that DC was an independent risk factor for OS and DFS in stage II-III patients (P < 0.05). Based on the significant factors for DC, a prediction model was established that had a good fit, high accuracy (AUC = 0.780), and clinical applicability in both the training and validation sets.
Conclusion: Delayed chemotherapy after gastrectomy is associated with poor long-term prognosis in patients with locally advanced stage II-III GC disease. But standardized, full-cycle adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery may play a remedial role, and can to a certain extent compensate the poor effects caused by delayed chemotherapy.
背景:局部晚期胃癌(AGC)根治性手术后的辅助化疗可显著改善患者的长期预后。然而,由于各种原因,患者无法及时接受化疗的延迟化疗(DC)现象在临床实践中十分常见。本研究旨在探讨延迟化疗对II-III期局部AGC患者预后的影响,并探讨相关风险因素:方法:将四项前瞻性研究的数据纳入汇总分析。计划化疗(PC)组的定义是手术与首次化疗之间的时间间隔≤49 d,而DC组的定义是手术与化疗之间的时间间隔大于49 d。比较了预后、复发和风险因素,并建立了预测DC的提名图:共纳入 596 例患者,其中 531 例(89.1%)为 PC 型,65 例(10.9%)为 DC 型。生存期分析显示,DC 组的 5 年总生存期(OS)和无病生存期(DFS)明显低于 PC 组(对数秩 P 结论:DC 组的 5 年总生存期和无病生存期明显低于 PC 组(对数秩 P 结论:DC 组的 5 年总生存期和无病生存期明显低于 PC 组):胃切除术后延迟化疗与局部晚期II-III期GC患者的长期预后不良有关。但术后规范的全周期辅助化疗可起到补救作用,可在一定程度上弥补延迟化疗带来的不良后果。
{"title":"Impact of chemotherapy delay on long-term prognosis of laparoscopic radical surgery for locally advanced gastric cancer: a pooled analysis of four randomized controlled trials.","authors":"Qing Zhong, Zhi-Yu Liu, Zhi-Xin Shang-Guan, Yi-Fan Li, Yi Li, Ju Wu, Qiang Huang, Ping Li, Jian-Wei Xie, Qi-Yue Chen, Chang-Ming Huang, Chao-Hui Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01513-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01513-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adjuvant chemotherapy following curative surgery for locally advanced gastric cancer (AGC) significantly improves long-term patient prognosis. However, delayed chemotherapy (DC), in which patients are unable to receive timely treatment, is a common phenomenon in clinical practice for various reasons. This study aimed to investigate the impact of DC on the prognosis of patients with stage II-III locally AGC and explore the associated risk factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from four prospective studies were included in the pooled analysis. The planned chemotherapy (PC) group was defined as the time interval between surgery and the first chemotherapy ≤ 49 d, while the DC group was defined as the time interval between surgery and chemotherapy > 49 d. The prognosis, recurrence, and risk factors were compared, and a nomogram for predicting DC was established.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 596 patients were included, of whom 531 (89.1%) had PC and 65 (10.9%) had DC. Survival analysis revealed that the 5-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were significantly lower in the DC group than those in the PC group (log-rank P < 0.001). Cox univariable and multivariable analyses showed that DC was an independent risk factor for OS and DFS in stage II-III patients (P < 0.05). Based on the significant factors for DC, a prediction model was established that had a good fit, high accuracy (AUC = 0.780), and clinical applicability in both the training and validation sets.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Delayed chemotherapy after gastrectomy is associated with poor long-term prognosis in patients with locally advanced stage II-III GC disease. But standardized, full-cycle adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery may play a remedial role, and can to a certain extent compensate the poor effects caused by delayed chemotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"1100-1113"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141161725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-06-10DOI: 10.1007/s10120-024-01512-7
Oscar Hou In Chou, Vinod Kumar Chauhan, Cheuk To Skylar Chung, Lei Lu, Teddy Tai Loy Lee, Zita Man Wai Ng, Karin Kai Wing Wang, Sharen Lee, Haipeng Liu, Ronald Ting Kai Pang, Apichat Kaewdech, Bernard Man Yung Cheung, Gary Tse, Jiandong Zhou
Objective: To compare the risks of gastric cancer and other gastric diseases in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) exposed to sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2I), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4I) or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1a).
Design: This was a population-based cohort study of prospectively collected data on patients with T2DM prescribed SGLT2I, DPP4I or GLP1a between January 1st 2015 and December 31st 2020 from Hong Kong. The outcomes were new-onset gastric cancer, peptic ulcer (PU), acute gastritis, non-acute gastritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Propensity score matching (1:1) using the nearest neighbour search was performed, and multivariable Cox regression was applied. A three-arm comparison between SGLT2I, DPP4I and GLP1a was conducted using propensity scores with inverse probability of treatment weighting.
Results: A total of 62,858 patients (median age: 62.2 years old [SD: 12.8]; 55.93% males; SGLT2I: n = 23,442; DPP4I: n = 39,416) were included. In the matched cohort, the incidence of gastric cancer was lower in SGLT2I (Incidence rate per 1000 person-year, IR: 0.32; 95% confidence interval, CI 0.23-0.43) than in DPP4I (IR per 1000 person-year: 1.22; CI 1.03-1.42) users. Multivariable Cox regression found that SGLT2I use was associated with lower risks of gastric cancer (HR 0.30; 95% CI 0.19-0.48), PU, acute gastritis, non-acute gastritis, and GERD (p < 0.05) compared to DPP4I use. In the three-arm analysis, GLP1a use was associated with higher risks of gastric cancer and GERD compared to SGLT2I use.
Conclusions: The use of SGLT2I was associated with lower risks of new-onset gastric cancer, PU, acute gastritis, non-acute gastritis, and GERD after matching and adjustments compared to DPP4I use. SGLT2I use was associated with lower risks of GERD and gastric cancer compared to GLP1a use.
{"title":"Comparative effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for new-onset gastric cancer and gastric diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a population-based cohort study.","authors":"Oscar Hou In Chou, Vinod Kumar Chauhan, Cheuk To Skylar Chung, Lei Lu, Teddy Tai Loy Lee, Zita Man Wai Ng, Karin Kai Wing Wang, Sharen Lee, Haipeng Liu, Ronald Ting Kai Pang, Apichat Kaewdech, Bernard Man Yung Cheung, Gary Tse, Jiandong Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01512-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01512-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the risks of gastric cancer and other gastric diseases in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) exposed to sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2I), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4I) or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1a).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This was a population-based cohort study of prospectively collected data on patients with T2DM prescribed SGLT2I, DPP4I or GLP1a between January 1st 2015 and December 31st 2020 from Hong Kong. The outcomes were new-onset gastric cancer, peptic ulcer (PU), acute gastritis, non-acute gastritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Propensity score matching (1:1) using the nearest neighbour search was performed, and multivariable Cox regression was applied. A three-arm comparison between SGLT2I, DPP4I and GLP1a was conducted using propensity scores with inverse probability of treatment weighting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 62,858 patients (median age: 62.2 years old [SD: 12.8]; 55.93% males; SGLT2I: n = 23,442; DPP4I: n = 39,416) were included. In the matched cohort, the incidence of gastric cancer was lower in SGLT2I (Incidence rate per 1000 person-year, IR: 0.32; 95% confidence interval, CI 0.23-0.43) than in DPP4I (IR per 1000 person-year: 1.22; CI 1.03-1.42) users. Multivariable Cox regression found that SGLT2I use was associated with lower risks of gastric cancer (HR 0.30; 95% CI 0.19-0.48), PU, acute gastritis, non-acute gastritis, and GERD (p < 0.05) compared to DPP4I use. In the three-arm analysis, GLP1a use was associated with higher risks of gastric cancer and GERD compared to SGLT2I use.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The use of SGLT2I was associated with lower risks of new-onset gastric cancer, PU, acute gastritis, non-acute gastritis, and GERD after matching and adjustments compared to DPP4I use. SGLT2I use was associated with lower risks of GERD and gastric cancer compared to GLP1a use.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"947-970"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11335951/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141295913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-06-28DOI: 10.1007/s10120-024-01527-0
Maurits R Visser, Daan M Voeten, Suzanne S Gisbertz, Jelle P Ruurda, Mark I van Berge Henegouwen, Richard van Hillegersberg
Background: In 2019, the Gastrectomy Complications Consensus Group (GCCG) published a standardized set of complications aiming toward uniform reporting of post-gastrectomy complications. This study aimed to report outcomes after gastrectomy in the Netherlands according to GCCG definitions and compare them to previously reported national results and the European database reported by the GCCG.
Methods: This nationwide, population-based cohort study included all patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer registered in the DUCA in 2020-2021. Postoperative morbidity and 30-day/in-hospital mortality were analyzed according to the GCCG definitions. For all patients, baseline characteristics and outcomes were compared with the GCCG cohort consisting of 27 European expert centers (GASTRODATA; 2017-2018).
Results: In 2020-2021, 782 patients underwent gastrectomy in the Netherlands. Variation was seen in baseline characteristics between the Dutch and the GCCG cohort (N = 1349), most notably in minimally invasive surgery (80.6% vs 19.6%, p < 0.001). In the Netherlands, 223 (28.5%) patients developed a total of 407 complications, the most frequent being non-surgical infections (28.5%) and anastomotic leakage (13.4%). The overall complication and 30-day mortality rates were similar between the Dutch and GCCG cohort (28.5% vs 29.8%, p = 0.563; 3.7% vs 3.6%, p = 0.953). Higher surgical and endoscopic/radiologic reintervention rates were observed in the Netherlands compared to the GCCG cohort (10.7% vs 7.8%, p = 0.025; 10.9% vs 2.9%, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Reporting outcomes according to the standardized GCCG definitions allows for international benchmarking. Postoperative outcomes were comparable between Dutch and GCCG cohorts, but both exceed the international benchmark for expert gastrectomy care, highlighting targets for national and international quality improvement.
{"title":"Outcomes after gastrectomy according to the Gastrectomy Complications Consensus Group (GCCG) in the Dutch Upper GI Cancer Audit (DUCA).","authors":"Maurits R Visser, Daan M Voeten, Suzanne S Gisbertz, Jelle P Ruurda, Mark I van Berge Henegouwen, Richard van Hillegersberg","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01527-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01527-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In 2019, the Gastrectomy Complications Consensus Group (GCCG) published a standardized set of complications aiming toward uniform reporting of post-gastrectomy complications. This study aimed to report outcomes after gastrectomy in the Netherlands according to GCCG definitions and compare them to previously reported national results and the European database reported by the GCCG.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This nationwide, population-based cohort study included all patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer registered in the DUCA in 2020-2021. Postoperative morbidity and 30-day/in-hospital mortality were analyzed according to the GCCG definitions. For all patients, baseline characteristics and outcomes were compared with the GCCG cohort consisting of 27 European expert centers (GASTRODATA; 2017-2018).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2020-2021, 782 patients underwent gastrectomy in the Netherlands. Variation was seen in baseline characteristics between the Dutch and the GCCG cohort (N = 1349), most notably in minimally invasive surgery (80.6% vs 19.6%, p < 0.001). In the Netherlands, 223 (28.5%) patients developed a total of 407 complications, the most frequent being non-surgical infections (28.5%) and anastomotic leakage (13.4%). The overall complication and 30-day mortality rates were similar between the Dutch and GCCG cohort (28.5% vs 29.8%, p = 0.563; 3.7% vs 3.6%, p = 0.953). Higher surgical and endoscopic/radiologic reintervention rates were observed in the Netherlands compared to the GCCG cohort (10.7% vs 7.8%, p = 0.025; 10.9% vs 2.9%, p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Reporting outcomes according to the standardized GCCG definitions allows for international benchmarking. Postoperative outcomes were comparable between Dutch and GCCG cohorts, but both exceed the international benchmark for expert gastrectomy care, highlighting targets for national and international quality improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"1124-1135"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11335793/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141467434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-07-06DOI: 10.1007/s10120-024-01532-3
Ho-Kyoung Lee, Cheol Min Shin, Young Hoon Chang, Hyuk Yoon, Young Soo Park, Nayoung Kim, Dong Ho Lee
Background: Changes in gastric microbiome are associated with gastric carcinogenesis. Studies on the association between gastric mucosa-associated gastric microbiome (MAM) and metachronous gastric cancer are limited. This study aimed to identify gastric MAM as a predictive factor for metachronous recurrence following endoscopic resection of gastric neoplasms.
Method: Microbiome analyses were conducted for 81 patients in a prospective cohort to investigate surrogate markers to predict metachronous recurrence. Gastric MAM in non-cancerous corporal biopsy specimens was evaluated using Illumina MiSeq platform targeting 16S ribosomal DNA.
Results: Over a median follow-up duration of 53.8 months, 16 metachronous gastric neoplasms developed. Baseline gastric MAM varied with Helicobacter pylori infection status, but was unaffected by initial pathologic diagnosis, presence of atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, or synchronous lesions. The group with metachronous recurrence did not exhibit distinct phylogenetic diversity compared with the group devoid of recurrence but showed significant difference in β-diversity. The study population could be classified into two distinct gastrotypes based on baseline gastric MAM: gastrotype 1, Helicobacter-abundant; gastrotype 2: Akkermansia-abundant. Patients in gastrotype 2 showed higher risk of metachronous recurrence than gastrotype (Cox proportional hazard analysis, adjusted hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 5.10 [1.09-23.79]).
Conclusions: Gastric cancer patients can be classified into two distinct gastrotype groups by their MAM profiles, which were associated with different risk of metachronous recurrence.
{"title":"Gastric microbiome signature for predicting metachronous recurrence after endoscopic resection of gastric neoplasm.","authors":"Ho-Kyoung Lee, Cheol Min Shin, Young Hoon Chang, Hyuk Yoon, Young Soo Park, Nayoung Kim, Dong Ho Lee","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01532-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01532-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Changes in gastric microbiome are associated with gastric carcinogenesis. Studies on the association between gastric mucosa-associated gastric microbiome (MAM) and metachronous gastric cancer are limited. This study aimed to identify gastric MAM as a predictive factor for metachronous recurrence following endoscopic resection of gastric neoplasms.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Microbiome analyses were conducted for 81 patients in a prospective cohort to investigate surrogate markers to predict metachronous recurrence. Gastric MAM in non-cancerous corporal biopsy specimens was evaluated using Illumina MiSeq platform targeting 16S ribosomal DNA.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over a median follow-up duration of 53.8 months, 16 metachronous gastric neoplasms developed. Baseline gastric MAM varied with Helicobacter pylori infection status, but was unaffected by initial pathologic diagnosis, presence of atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, or synchronous lesions. The group with metachronous recurrence did not exhibit distinct phylogenetic diversity compared with the group devoid of recurrence but showed significant difference in β-diversity. The study population could be classified into two distinct gastrotypes based on baseline gastric MAM: gastrotype 1, Helicobacter-abundant; gastrotype 2: Akkermansia-abundant. Patients in gastrotype 2 showed higher risk of metachronous recurrence than gastrotype (Cox proportional hazard analysis, adjusted hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 5.10 [1.09-23.79]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Gastric cancer patients can be classified into two distinct gastrotype groups by their MAM profiles, which were associated with different risk of metachronous recurrence.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"1031-1045"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141544761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Introduction: Gastric cancer with fusion genes involving the Rho GTPase-activating protein domain (RhoGAP-GC) is mainly included in the genomically stable type of The Cancer Genome Atlas classification. Clinical implications and histological characteristics of RhoGAP-GC in the early phase remain unclear.
Methods: We analyzed 878 consecutive pT1b GCs for RhoGAP and its partner genes using fluorescence in situ hybridization assay.
Results: RhoGAP fusion was detected in 57 (6.5%) GCs. Univariate analysis revealed that female sex, middle-lower third tumor location, advanced macroscopic type, tumor diameter > 2 cm, pT1b2, lymphatic invasion, venous invasion, negative EBER-ISH, and RhoGAP fusion were significantly associated with lymph node metastasis (LNM). Multivariate analysis presented RhoGAP fusion, lymphatic invasion, tumor diameter > 2 cm, advanced macroscopic type, venous invasion, and middle-lower third tumor location as independent risk factors for LNM. Notably, RhoGAP fusion had the highest odds ratio (3.92) for LNM among analyzed parameters (95% CI 2.12-7.27; p < 0.001). Compared to non-RhoGAP-GCs, RhoGAP-GCs were significantly frequent in younger females and showed the highest incidence of lymphatic invasion (56.2%) and LNM (49.1%) (p < 0.001). Histologically, microtubular architecture with pseudo-trabecular interconnection and small aggregations of tumor cells with a varied amount of cytoplasmic mucin, named "microtubular-mucocellular (MTMC) histology," was found in 93.0% (53 of 57) of RhoGAP-GCs in the intramucosal area. MTMC histology showed high sensitivity and negative predictive value (93.0% and 99.4%, respectively) for RhoGAP fusion, albeit positive predictive value is low (34.9%).
Conclusion: RhoGAP-GC is linked to a characteristic MTMC histology and a high incidence of LNM.
{"title":"Early gastric cancer with RhoGAP fusion is linked to frequent nodal metastasis and a part of microtubular-mucocellular histology.","authors":"Hiroto Noda, Seiji Sakata, Satoko Baba, Yuki Togashi, Kaoru Nakano, Toshiaki Hirasawa, Izuma Nakayama, Chiina Hata, Manabu Takamatsu, Emiko Sugawara, Noriko Yamamoto, Junko Fujisaki, Souya Nunobe, Katsuhiko Iwakiri, Kengo Takeuchi, Hiroshi Kawachi","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01507-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01507-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Gastric cancer with fusion genes involving the Rho GTPase-activating protein domain (RhoGAP-GC) is mainly included in the genomically stable type of The Cancer Genome Atlas classification. Clinical implications and histological characteristics of RhoGAP-GC in the early phase remain unclear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed 878 consecutive pT1b GCs for RhoGAP and its partner genes using fluorescence in situ hybridization assay.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>RhoGAP fusion was detected in 57 (6.5%) GCs. Univariate analysis revealed that female sex, middle-lower third tumor location, advanced macroscopic type, tumor diameter > 2 cm, pT1b2, lymphatic invasion, venous invasion, negative EBER-ISH, and RhoGAP fusion were significantly associated with lymph node metastasis (LNM). Multivariate analysis presented RhoGAP fusion, lymphatic invasion, tumor diameter > 2 cm, advanced macroscopic type, venous invasion, and middle-lower third tumor location as independent risk factors for LNM. Notably, RhoGAP fusion had the highest odds ratio (3.92) for LNM among analyzed parameters (95% CI 2.12-7.27; p < 0.001). Compared to non-RhoGAP-GCs, RhoGAP-GCs were significantly frequent in younger females and showed the highest incidence of lymphatic invasion (56.2%) and LNM (49.1%) (p < 0.001). Histologically, microtubular architecture with pseudo-trabecular interconnection and small aggregations of tumor cells with a varied amount of cytoplasmic mucin, named \"microtubular-mucocellular (MTMC) histology,\" was found in 93.0% (53 of 57) of RhoGAP-GCs in the intramucosal area. MTMC histology showed high sensitivity and negative predictive value (93.0% and 99.4%, respectively) for RhoGAP fusion, albeit positive predictive value is low (34.9%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>RhoGAP-GC is linked to a characteristic MTMC histology and a high incidence of LNM.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"772-784"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01Epub Date: 2024-03-31DOI: 10.1007/s10120-024-01483-9
Chung Ryul Oh, Eo Jin Kim, Heejung Chae, Young Soo Park, Min-Hee Ryu, Hyung-Don Kim, Yoon-Koo Kang
Background: We examined the impact of mismatch repair (MMR) status on efficacy of first-line fluoropyrimidine plus platinum (FP) chemotherapy in patients with HER2-negative metastatic, recurrent, or unresectable gastric cancer (mGC).
Methods: Patients with mGC receiving first-line FP between 2015 and 2018 at Asan Medical Center, Korea, were reviewed. We evaluated the clinical characteristics and the efficacy of chemotherapy according to MMR status in patients with available immunohistochemistry results.
Results: Of 895 patients, we analyzed 543 with available MMR protein expression results, and deficient MMR (dMMR) was detected in 4.4% (n = 24). Patients with dMMR exhibited a significantly higher median age than those with proficient MMR (pMMR) (64 vs. 58 years, p = 0.044). No signet ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) was detected among dMMR tumors, whereas SRCC was found in 17.5% of pMMR. Objective response rate was 27.3% in dMMR and 34.3% in pMMR (p = 0.556). No difference in progression-free survival was noted between patients with dMMR and pMMR (median, 5.6 vs. 5.8 months, p = 0.266). Patients with dMMR tended to have better overall survival than those with pMMR although this difference was not statistically significant (median, 17.9 vs. 12.2 months, p = 0.183).
Conclusions: Efficacy of first-line FP was not different by MMR status in mGC patients.
{"title":"Prognostic value of mismatch repair deficiency in patients receiving first-line fluoropyrimidine plus platinum for metastatic, recurrent, or unresectable gastric cancer.","authors":"Chung Ryul Oh, Eo Jin Kim, Heejung Chae, Young Soo Park, Min-Hee Ryu, Hyung-Don Kim, Yoon-Koo Kang","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01483-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01483-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We examined the impact of mismatch repair (MMR) status on efficacy of first-line fluoropyrimidine plus platinum (FP) chemotherapy in patients with HER2-negative metastatic, recurrent, or unresectable gastric cancer (mGC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with mGC receiving first-line FP between 2015 and 2018 at Asan Medical Center, Korea, were reviewed. We evaluated the clinical characteristics and the efficacy of chemotherapy according to MMR status in patients with available immunohistochemistry results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 895 patients, we analyzed 543 with available MMR protein expression results, and deficient MMR (dMMR) was detected in 4.4% (n = 24). Patients with dMMR exhibited a significantly higher median age than those with proficient MMR (pMMR) (64 vs. 58 years, p = 0.044). No signet ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) was detected among dMMR tumors, whereas SRCC was found in 17.5% of pMMR. Objective response rate was 27.3% in dMMR and 34.3% in pMMR (p = 0.556). No difference in progression-free survival was noted between patients with dMMR and pMMR (median, 5.6 vs. 5.8 months, p = 0.266). Patients with dMMR tended to have better overall survival than those with pMMR although this difference was not statistically significant (median, 17.9 vs. 12.2 months, p = 0.183).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Efficacy of first-line FP was not different by MMR status in mGC patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"811-818"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140329769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01Epub Date: 2024-04-25DOI: 10.1007/s10120-024-01498-2
Sung Eun Oh, Soomin Ahn, Kyoung-Mee Kim, Min-Gew Choi, Jun Ho Lee, Tae Sung Sohn, Jae Moon Bae, Ji Yeong An
Background and aims: When treating undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer (UD-EGC) that is limited to the mucosa (clinically T1a), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) can be considered if the tumor is 2 cm or less and is not ulcerated. However, there is insufficient evidence to determine the relationships between tumor size and oncological safety of ESD in UD-EGC.
Methods: The pathology reports of Korean patients who were diagnosed with UD-EGC (n = 5286) were retrospectively reviewed. The cumulative incidence of lymph node metastasis (LNM) according to tumor size was evaluated in subgroups. The tumor-size cut-off was identified as the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval (CI) of cumulative LNM incidence that did not exceed 1.0%.
Results: We identified 1516 patients with non-ulcerated T1a tumors ≤2 cm in size. Among patients without lymphatic invasion, 1.5% (95% CI 0.91-2.16%) had LNM. In patients with poorly differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma (PD), LNM increased from 0 to 0.74% based on a tumor size of 1.0 cm. Regardless of tumor size, smaller percentages of undifferentiated-type (UD) and poorly cohesive carcinoma (PCC) patients experienced LNM than did those with PD. In non-ulcerated mucosal cancer without lymphatic invasion and tumor size ≤0.9 cm, no LNM was observed in patients with UD (95% CI 0-0.53%), PCC (95% CI 0-0.59%), or PD (95% CI 0-0.86%) histologic type.
Conclusion: In patients diagnosed with non-ulcerated T1a UD-EGC, ESD can be performed if the tumor size is 0.9 cm or less, regardless of histologic type.
背景和目的:在治疗局限于粘膜(临床上为T1a)的未分化型早期胃癌(UD-EGC)时,如果肿瘤小于或等于2厘米且没有溃疡,可以考虑进行内镜下粘膜下剥离术(ESD)。然而,目前还没有足够的证据来确定 UD-EGC 中肿瘤大小与 ESD 的肿瘤学安全性之间的关系:方法:对确诊为 UD-EGC 的韩国患者(n = 5286)的病理报告进行了回顾性研究。根据肿瘤大小对亚组淋巴结转移(LNM)的累积发生率进行评估。肿瘤大小的临界值被确定为累计淋巴结转移发生率不超过1.0%的95%置信区间(CI)的上限:我们发现了1516名非溃疡性T1a肿瘤大小≤2厘米的患者。在无淋巴管侵犯的患者中,1.5%(95% CI 0.91-2.16%)的患者有LNM。在分化不良的管状腺癌(PD)患者中,以肿瘤大小为1.0厘米为基准,LNM从0%增加到0.74%。无论肿瘤大小如何,未分化型(UD)和粘连性差的腺癌(PCC)患者出现 LNM 的比例都低于分化型腺癌患者。在无淋巴侵犯、肿瘤大小≤0.9厘米的非溃疡性粘膜癌中,组织学类型为UD(95% CI 0-0.53%)、PCC(95% CI 0-0.59%)或PD(95% CI 0-0.86%)的患者未观察到LNM:结论:对于确诊为非溃疡性T1a UD-EGC的患者,如果肿瘤大小在0.9厘米或以下,无论组织学类型如何,都可以进行ESD治疗。
{"title":"Identification of maximal tumor size associated with negligible lymph node metastasis for endoscopic submucosal dissection of undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer.","authors":"Sung Eun Oh, Soomin Ahn, Kyoung-Mee Kim, Min-Gew Choi, Jun Ho Lee, Tae Sung Sohn, Jae Moon Bae, Ji Yeong An","doi":"10.1007/s10120-024-01498-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10120-024-01498-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>When treating undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer (UD-EGC) that is limited to the mucosa (clinically T1a), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) can be considered if the tumor is 2 cm or less and is not ulcerated. However, there is insufficient evidence to determine the relationships between tumor size and oncological safety of ESD in UD-EGC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The pathology reports of Korean patients who were diagnosed with UD-EGC (n = 5286) were retrospectively reviewed. The cumulative incidence of lymph node metastasis (LNM) according to tumor size was evaluated in subgroups. The tumor-size cut-off was identified as the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval (CI) of cumulative LNM incidence that did not exceed 1.0%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 1516 patients with non-ulcerated T1a tumors ≤2 cm in size. Among patients without lymphatic invasion, 1.5% (95% CI 0.91-2.16%) had LNM. In patients with poorly differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma (PD), LNM increased from 0 to 0.74% based on a tumor size of 1.0 cm. Regardless of tumor size, smaller percentages of undifferentiated-type (UD) and poorly cohesive carcinoma (PCC) patients experienced LNM than did those with PD. In non-ulcerated mucosal cancer without lymphatic invasion and tumor size ≤0.9 cm, no LNM was observed in patients with UD (95% CI 0-0.53%), PCC (95% CI 0-0.59%), or PD (95% CI 0-0.86%) histologic type.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In patients diagnosed with non-ulcerated T1a UD-EGC, ESD can be performed if the tumor size is 0.9 cm or less, regardless of histologic type.</p>","PeriodicalId":12684,"journal":{"name":"Gastric Cancer","volume":" ","pages":"850-857"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140858442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}