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01.07.2018 | Original Article
Indication for endoscopic treatment based on the risk of lymph node metastasis in patients with Siewert type II/III early gastric cancer
Erschienen in: Gastric Cancer | Ausgabe 4/2018
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Background
Because of the poor prognosis of proximal gastric cancers, there is debate as to whether the conventional indications for endoscopic resection can be used.
Methods
Among subjects who underwent surgery for esophagogastric junction or gastric cardia cancer, 256 patients with T1 type II/III of the Siewert classification were included in this study. The association of lymph node metastasis (LNM) with each variable was analyzed using logistic regression models. A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to determine the discriminatory ability of the model. Propensity score-matched non-cardia cancer patients were selected to compare LNM and long-term survival rates.
Results
Of the 256 patients with T1 Siewert II/III gastric cancer, 21 (8.2%) had LNM. Because there was no LNM in T1a cancers, risk factors were analyzed only in patients with T1b. Tumor size (OR 1.42, 95% CI 1.10–1.82, P = 0.007) and lymphovascular invasion (LVI) (OR 5.13, 95% CI 1.88–14.06, P = 0.002) were determined to be predictors of LNM (sensitivity = 66.7% and specificity = 81.6%). Among patients without LVI, the groups with negligible risk for LNM were mucosa-confined cancer, or SM1 cancer with a tumor size ≤3 cm. No LNM was observed in patients satisfying the absolute or extended criteria for endoscopic resection of early gastric cancers. LNM and long-term survival rates of patients with Siewert II/III did not differ significantly compared with matched non-cardia cancer patients.
Conclusions
Tumor size and LVI were associated with LNM in patients with early Siewert type II/III gastric cancer, and the expanded indication for endoscopic resection may be used.