@article{TGH4677,
author = {Mohamed M. Abdelfatah and Mohamed O. Othman},
title = {Lymph node metastases in early gastric cancer, when the East and the West come to terms},
journal = {Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology},
volume = {3},
number = {0},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer (EGC) is limited by the risk of lymph node metastasis (LNM). In general, resection of small (less than 2 cm) differentiated EGC which is limited to the mucosa is deemed safe due to negligible risk of lymph node metastasis. Expanding endoscopic resection beyond this criterion has been a matter of debate. In a land mark study by Gotoda et al., the risk of LNM for mucosal differentiated lesions without ulceration, irrespective of size, mucosal differentiated ulcerated lesions ≤2 cm, and poorly differentiated lesions ≤3 cm was 0% (1).},
issn = {2415-1289}, url = {https://tgh.amegroups.org/article/view/4677}
}