Diagnosis and treatment of minute and small early gastric cancer:a report of 28 cases / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the diagnosis,treatment and pathological characteristics of minute and small early gastric cancer(M EGC and S EGC).Methods The clinical and pathological parameters,and the diagnosis and treatment of 28 patients with M EGC or S EGC admitted to our hospital in recent 10 years were analysed retrospectively.Results There were 10 patients (12.4%) with M EGC,18( 22.2 %)with S EGC,and the proportion of M and S EGC in early GC is 34.6%.The diagnosis rate of gastric barium examination was 8.3% and that of gastroscopy with biopsy was 78.8%.All the carcinomas located in the body and antrum of the stomach.D1 radical gastrectomy(RGC) was performed on 6 patients and D2 RGC on the other 22 patients.The depth of tumor invasion in S EGC was significantly deeper than that in M EGC(P