Differences in Prevalence of Lymphovascular Invasion among Early Gastric Cancers between Korea and Japan

• Published in: Gut and liver Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 383 - 391
• Main Authors: Sun-young Lee, Naohisa Yoshida, Osamu Dohi, Sang Pyo Lee, Daisuke Ichikawa, Jeong Hwan Kim, In-kyung Sung, Hyung Seok Park, Eigo Otsuji, Yoshito Itoh, Chan Sup Shim, Hye Seung Han, Mitsuo Kishi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한소화기학회 30.05.2017
• Subjects: Depth; Early gastric cancer; Invasion; Stomach neoplasms

Background/Aims: The presence of invasion is a diagnostic criterion of early gastric cancer (EGC) in Korea, whereas diagnosis in Japan is based on enlarged nuclei and prominent nucleoli. Moreover, the depth of invasion is the location of cancer cell infiltration in Korea, whereas it is the location...