BACKGROUND AND AIM: Early gastric cancer (EGC), with wall invasion limited to the submucosa, has approximately 15 to 20% chance of lymph node metastasis. The purpose of this study is to clarify the parameters which affect lymph node metastasis and survey whether lymph node metastasis can be predicted preoperatively. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 145 consecutive patients with EGC using multivariate analysis and developed a formula which predicts lymph node metastasis by linear discriminant analysis. In addition, we prospectively validated this formula in another subset of 106 consecutive patients with EGC and compared the predicted with the actual pathological lymph node metastasis. RESULTS: Multivariate analyses revealed that independent factors, which affect lymph node metastasis for EGC, were lymphatic system invasion (p=0.00002, odds ratio 3.11) and venous system invasion (p=0.039, odds ratio 2.44). In addition, we developed the lymph node metastasis-predicting formula using these two factors by linear discriminant analysis. The formula is as follows: Y=0.12 × (venous system invasion: 0, 1, 2 or 3) + 0.19 × (lymphatic system invasion: 0, 1, 2, or 3) - 0.14. If Y>0, we judge that a patient with gastric cancer is susceptible lymph node metastasis. The result of this prospective study showed that the sensitivity and specificity rates were 70% and 61.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION: We developed a formula which can predict lymph node metastasis using linear discriminant analysis. This formula seems useful in predicting for lymph node metastasis in patients with EGC. Copyright
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Early gastric cancer (EGC), with wall invasion limited to the submucosa, has approximately 15 to 20% chance of lymph node metastasis. The purpose of this study is to clarify the parameters which affect lymph node metastasis and survey whether lymph node metastasis can be predicted preoperatively. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 145 consecutive patients with EGC using multivariate analysis and developed a formula which predicts lymph node metastasis by linear discriminant analysis. In addition, we prospectively validated this formula in another subset of 106 consecutive patients with EGC and compared the predicted with the actual pathological lymph node metastasis. RESULTS: Multivariate analyses revealed that independent factors, which affect lymph node metastasis for EGC, were lymphatic system invasion (p=0.00002, odds ratio 3.11) and venous system invasion (p=0.039, odds ratio 2.44). In addition, we developed the lymph node metastasis-predicting formula using these two factors by linear discriminant analysis. The formula is as follows: Y=0.12 × (venous system invasion: 0, 1, 2 or 3) + 0.19 × (lymphatic system invasion: 0, 1, 2, or 3) - 0.14. If Y>0, we judge that a patient with gastric cancer is susceptible lymph node metastasis. The result of this prospective study showed that the sensitivity and specificity rates were 70% and 61.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION: We developed a formula which can predict lymph node metastasis using linear discriminant analysis. This formula seems useful in predicting for lymph node metastasis in patients with EGC. Copyright
Authors: Zhenqiang Sun; Qisan Wang; Xianbo Yu; Chunlin Ou; Lizhong Yao; Kun Liu; Lin Liu; Lei Ge; Fa Fang; Zeliang Zhao; Haijiang Wang Journal: Int J Clin Exp Med Date: 2015-11-15