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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2025; 31(45): 112518
Published online Dec 7, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i45.112518
Published online Dec 7, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i45.112518
Table 3 Clinicopathological features of patients with gastric cancer accurately diagnosed and misdiagnosed by stereomicroscopy, n (%)
| Factors | Stereomicroscopy diagnosis | P value | |
| Accurately, n = 632 | Misdiagnosed, n = 222 | ||
| Location | |||
| Upper | 168 (72.1) | 5 (27.9) | 0.113 |
| Middle | 196 (70.3) | 83 (29.7) | |
| Lower | 255 (78.5) | 70 (21.5) | |
| Residual stomach | 13 (76.5) | 4 (23.5) | |
| Macroscopic type | |||
| Type 0-I | 42 (82.4) | 9 (17.6) | 0.179 |
| Type 0-IIa | 276 (76.2) | 86 (23.8) | |
| Type 0-IIb | 30 (76.9) | 9 (23.1) | |
| Type 0-IIc | 277 (71.0) | 113 (29.0) | |
| Type 0-III | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | |
| Tumor size (mm) | |||
| ≤ 20 | 404 (79.5) | 104 (20.5) | < 0.001 |
| 21-30 | 138 (66.7) | 69 (33.3) | |
| > 31 | 90 (64.7) | 49 (35.3) | |
| Ulceration | |||
| (−) | 530 (93.5) | 37 (6.5) | < 0.001 |
| (+) | 102 (35.5) | 185 (64.5) | |
| Histopathological | |||
| Differentiated | 518 (73.7) | 185 (26.3) | 0.645 |
| Undifferentiated | 114 (75.5) | 37 (24.5) | |
| Horizontal margin | |||
| (−) | 613 (73.9) | 217 (26.1) | 0.559 |
| (+) | 19 (79.2) | 5 (20.8) | |
| Vertical margin | |||
| (−) | 573 (72.5) | 217 (27.5) | < 0.001 |
| (+) | 59 (92.2) | 5 (7.8) | |
- Citation: Wang J, Chang L, Niu DF, Yan Y, Cao CQ, Li SJ, Wu Q. Diagnostic accuracy of stereomicroscopy assessment of invasion depth in ex vivo specimens of early gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2025; 31(45): 112518
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v31/i45/112518.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v31.i45.112518