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Table 4 Pathological characteristics of pT1a and pT1b1 tumors with lymph node metastases

From: Clinicopathological characteristics and treatment strategies in early gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Case

Tumor depth *

Macro type

Ulceration

Tumor size, mm

Histologic type

L†

V†

Number of positive node

Follow-up time, months

Status

1

m

0-IIc

Yes

10

sig, tub2

0

0

1

97

Alive

2

m

0-IIc

Yes

42

sig, tub2, muc

0

0

1

7

Alive

3

m

0-IIc

Yes

60

sig

0

0

1

82

Alive

4

m

0-IIc

Yes

100

sig, por, tub1

1

0

1

25

Alive

5

sm1

0-IIc

No

25

tub1

0

0

1

76

Alive

6

sm1

0-IIc

Yes

25

tub2, por

2

0

4

37

Alive

7

sm1

0-IIc

Yes

31

sig

1

1

11

58

Deceased (bone metastasis)

8

sm1

0-IIc

Yes

32

por, sig

1

0

1

20

Alive

  1. * According to the third English edition of the Japanese Classification of Gastric Carcinoma [4].
  2. † According to the seventh edition of the International Union Against Cancer TNM guidelines [3].
  3. muc = mucinous adenocarcinoma; por = poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; sig = signet-ring cell carcinoma; tub1 = well differentiated adenocarcinoma; tub2 = moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.