Editorial
Copyright ©2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2009; 15(19): 2309-2313
Published online May 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2309
Table 1 Clinicopathological data for 41 cases of EGC with duodenal invasion
AuthorsYearAge (yr)GenderLocationTypeSize (mm)Depth of invasionLymph node metastasisHistological typeDistance of duodenalinvasion (mm)Preoperativediagnosis
Ishii197550MCircDepressed32 × 25m-Intestinal7ND
47MLessElevated30 × 15sm-Intestinal5ND
Kuwayama[15]197672MAnt-LessDepressed40 × 35m-Diffuse4Impossible
Uchida[13]197950MCircDepressed32 × 25m-Diffuse7ND
61MNDMixed35 × 21sm-Intestinal2ND
47MNDElevated30 × 15sm-Intestinal5ND
Kuwata[18]1981NDNDLessDepressedNDsm-Diffuse5Impossible
NDNDGreElevatedNDsm-Intestinal6Impossible
NDNDLessElevatedNDsm-Intestinal2Impossible
NDNDPostMixedNDsm-Intestinal1Impossible
NDNDLessMixed30 × 15sm-Intestinal2Impossible
NDNDLessDepressed35 × 21sm-Intestinal1Impossible
67MLessMixed30 × 15sm-Intestinal5Impossible
Kato[17]199363FCircElevated68 × 38m-Intestinal16Possible
Nakazawa[9]199458MAnt-GreDepressed10 × 10sm-Intestinal3Impossible
Boku[27]199673FCircElevated70sm-Intestinal35Possible
Ito[14]199676FLessMixed45 × 35sm-Intestinal25Possible
Matsumoto[16]2000NDNDLessElevated25 × 9mNDDiffuse3Impossible
61MGre-PostElevated25 × 10smNDDiffuse10Possible
NDNDNDElevated30 × 13mNDIntestinal3Impossible
NDNDNDElevated65 × 23mNDIntestinal3Impossible
NDNDNDSuperficial45 × 45smNDIntestinal5Impossible
Nogueira[12]2000NDNDNDNDNDm-Diffuse3ND
NDNDNDNDNDsm-Intestinal7ND
Yasuda[23]200059FCircDepressed72 × 15m-Diffuse11Impossible
Nakayama[37]200159FCircMixed85 × 75sm-Intestinal38Possible
Koufuji[29]200377MCircMixed70 × 50sm-Intestinal2ND
65MCircElevated90 × 55sm-Intestinal2ND
66FCircDepressed120 × 98m-Diffuse2ND
70FCircDepressed130 × 102m-Diffuse8ND
58MLessDepressed55 × 24sm+Diffuse3ND
81FGreDepressed30 × 20sm+Intestinal2ND
44MLessDepressed52 × 30sm-Intestinal5ND
57FCircDepressed57 × 33m-Diffuse3ND
68FGreDepressed40 × 38sm+Diffuse5ND
58FCircDepressed80 × 65sm+Diffuse2ND
Ishikawa[24]200572MLess-PostElevated68 × 37m-Intestinal20Possible
Matsuda[6]200779FCircElevated30 × 15sm-Intestinal12Possible
Our case200849MLessDepressed30 × 12m-Intestinal1Impossible
63MLessElevated35 × 15m-Intestinal3Impossible
84FCircElevated85 × 80m-Intestinal38Possible
Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristics of EGC with duodenal invasion
CharacteristicsNo. of patientsLength of duodenal invasion (mm)P value
Age (yr)0.276
< 60137.2
> 601611.7
Gender0.029
Male165.3
Female1315.2
Gross appearance0.046
Depressed164.3
Elevated1510.9
Tumor size (mm)0.049
< 60235.3
> 601214.8
Depth of invasion0.836
Mucosa168.3
Submucosa257.6
Histological type0.088
Intestinal289.1
Diffuse135.1
Lymph node metastasis0.006
Negative328.9
Positive43
Preoperative diagnosis of duodenal invasion0.001
Possible824.3
Impossible163.6
Table 3 Clinicopathological characteristics of EGC with duodenal invasion for superficial spreading and small-sized types
CharacteristicsSuperficial spreading typeSmall-sized typePvalue
Number of cases (%)10 (27.0)27 (73.0)
Age (yr)68.7 ± 8.160.4 ± 11.20.031
Gender0.048
Male313
Female76
Gross appearance0.281
Depressed312
Elevated58
Depth of invasion0.614
Mucosa511
Submucosa516
Histological type0.847
Intestinal718
Diffuse39
Lymph node metastasis0.773
Negative919
Positive13
Length of duodenal invasion (mm)16.35.40.044
Preoperative diagnosis of duodenal invasion0.003
Possible53
Impossible012