Low Incidence of Synchronous or Metachronous Tumors after Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Gastric Cancer with Undifferentiated Histology.

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Title: Low Incidence of Synchronous or Metachronous Tumors after Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Gastric Cancer with Undifferentiated Histology.
Authors: Chan Hyuk Park, Eun Hye Kim, Jung Hyun Kang, Hyunsoo Chung, Jun Chul Park, Sung Kwan Shin, Sang Kil Lee, Yong Chan Lee
Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 1, p e0147874 (2016)
Publisher Information: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016.
Publication Year: 2016
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Medicine, Science
More Details: BACKGROUND:Gastric cancer with undifferentiated histology has different clinicopathologic characteristics compared to differentiated type gastric cancer. We aimed to compare the risk of synchronous or metachronous tumors after curative resection of early gastric cancer (EGC) via endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), according to the histologic differentiation of the primary lesion. METHODS:Clinicopathological data of patients with initial-onset EGC curatively resected via ESD between January 2007 and November 2014 in a single institution were reviewed. We analyzed the incidence of synchronous or metachronous tumors after ESD with special reference to the differentiation status of the primary lesion. RESULTS:Of 1,560 patients with EGC who underwent curative resection via ESD, 1,447 had differentiated type cancers, and 113 had undifferentiated type cancers. The cumulative incidence of metachronous or synchronous tumor after ESD was higher in the differentiated cancer group than in the undifferentiated cancer group (P = 0.008). Incidence of metachronous or synchronous tumor was 4.8% and 1.2% per person-year in the differentiated and undifferentiated cancer groups, respectively. The Cox proportional hazard model revealed that undifferentiated cancers were associated with a low risk of synchronous or metachronous tumors after adjusting for confounding variables (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval] = 0.287 [0.090-0.918]). CONCLUSIONS:The rate of synchronous or metachronous tumors after curative ESD was significantly lower for undifferentiated cancers compare to differentiated cancers. These findings suggest that ESD should be actively considered as a possible treatment for undifferentiated type EGCs.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1932-6203
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4726500?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147874
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/49a11d99f02445ad9e8770587951388f
Accession Number: edsdoj.49a11d99f02445ad9e8770587951388f
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0147874
Published in:PLoS ONE
Language:English