Validation of classic and expanded criteria for endoscopic submucosal dissection of early gastric cancer: 7 years of experience in a Western tertiary cancer center

• Published in: Clinics (São Paulo, Brazil) Vol. 73; no. supp 1; p. e553s
• Main Authors: Mendonça, Ernesto Quaresma, Pessorrusso, Fernanda Cristina Simões, Ramos, Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille, Jacob, Carlos Eduardo, Oliveira, Joel Fernandez de, Ribeiro, Maria Sylvia, Safatle-Ribeiro, Adriana, Zilberstein, Bruno, Júnior, Ulysses Ribeiro, Maluf-Filho, Fauze
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Elsevier España, S.L.U 01.01.2018; Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina / USP; Elsevier España
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - pathology; Adenocarcinoma - surgery; Adenoma - pathology; Adenoma - surgery; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brazil; Endoscopic Mucosal Resection; Endoscopic Mucosal Resection - methods; Endoscopic Mucosal Resection - standards; Female; Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; Humans; Male; MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery; Original; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Stomach Neoplasms; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Stomach Neoplasms - surgery; Tertiary Care Centers; Treatment Outcome; Tumor Burden; Brazil; Stomach Neoplasms; Endoscopic Mucosal Resection; Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• ISSN: 1807-5932; 1980-5322; 1980-5322
• DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2018/e553s

Our aim was to evaluate the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society criteria for endoscopic submucosal resection of early gastric cancer (EGC) based on the experience in a Brazilian cancer center. We included all patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal resection for gastric lesions between February 2009 and October 2016. Demographic data and information regarding the endoscopic resection, pathological report and follow-up were obtained. Statistical calculations were performed with Fisher's exact test and chi-square tests, with 95% confidence intervals. In total, 76% of the 51 lesions were adenocarcinomas, 16% were adenomas, and 8% had other diagnoses. The average size was 19.9 mm (±11.7). The average procedure length was 113.9 minutes (±71.4). The complication rate was 21.3%, with only one patient who needed surgical treatment (transmural perforation). Among the adenocarcinomas, 39.5% met the classic criteria for curability, 31.6% met the expanded criteria and 28.9% met the criteria for noncurative resection. Analysis of the indication criteria and curability revealed differences among cases with “only-by-size” expanded criteria (64.28%), other expanded criteria (40%) and classic criteria (89.47%), with a p-value of 0.049. During follow-up (15.8 months; ±14.3), 86.1% of the EGC patients had no recurrence. When well-differentiated and poorly differentiated lesions or lesions included in the classic and expanded criteria were compared, there were no differences in recurrence. The noncurative group presented a higher recurrence rate than the classic group (p=0.014). These results suggest that the Japanese endoscopic submucosal resection criteria might be useful for endoscopic treatment of EGC in Western countries.