Yoshiki Tsujii1, Motohiko Kato2, Takuya Inoue1, Shunsuke Yoshii1, Kengo Nagai1, Tetsuji Fujinaga1, Akira Maekawa1, Yoshito Hayashi1, Tomofumi Akasaka3, Shinichiro Shinzaki1, Kenji Watabe1, Tsutomu Nishida4, Hideki Iijima1, Masahiko Tsujii1, Tetsuo Takehara1. 1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan. 2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan; Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. 3. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan; Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan. 4. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan; Department of Gastroenterology, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Toyonaka, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although conventional endoscopy (CE) and EUS are considered useful for predicting the invasion depth (T-staging) in early gastric cancer (EGC), no effective diagnostic strategy has been established. OBJECTIVE: To produce simple CE criteria and to elucidate an efficient diagnostic method by combining CE and EUS for accurate T-staging. DESIGN: Single-center retrospective analysis. SETTING: Academic university hospital. PATIENTS: Consecutive patients with EGC from April 2007 to March 2012 who underwent CE and EUS before treatment. INTERVENTIONS: Recorded endoscopic images were independently reviewed by 3 observers. The CE criteria for massive invasion were defined, and their utility and the additional value of EUS were assessed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: The accuracy of CE based on the criteria and the accuracy of EUS. RESULTS: Two hundred thirty patients were enrolled: 195 with mucosal cancer or cancer in the submucosa less than 500 μm from the muscularis mucosae and 35 with invasive cancers. Multivariate analysis of the CE findings by 1 observer revealed that an irregular surface and a submucosal tumor-like marginal elevation were significantly associated with massive invasion. The simple CE criteria, consisting of those 2 features, had an overall accuracy of 73% to 82% and no significant differences in the diagnostic yield compared with EUS in all observers. CE accurately revealed mucosal cancer, and EUS efficiently salvaged the lesions that were over-diagnosed by CE. With our strategy, which involved the CE criteria and the optimal use of EUS, the comprehensive accuracy exceeded 85% in each observer. LIMITATIONS: Retrospective, single-center study. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated a practical strategy for T-staging in EGC using simple CE criteria and EUS.
BACKGROUND: Although conventional endoscopy (CE) and EUS are considered useful for predicting the invasion depth (T-staging) in early gastric cancer (EGC), no effective diagnostic strategy has been established. OBJECTIVE: To produce simple CE criteria and to elucidate an efficient diagnostic method by combining CE and EUS for accurate T-staging. DESIGN: Single-center retrospective analysis. SETTING: Academic university hospital. PATIENTS: Consecutive patients with EGC from April 2007 to March 2012 who underwent CE and EUS before treatment. INTERVENTIONS: Recorded endoscopic images were independently reviewed by 3 observers. The CE criteria for massive invasion were defined, and their utility and the additional value of EUS were assessed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: The accuracy of CE based on the criteria and the accuracy of EUS. RESULTS: Two hundred thirty patients were enrolled: 195 with mucosal cancer or cancer in the submucosa less than 500 μm from the muscularis mucosae and 35 with invasive cancers. Multivariate analysis of the CE findings by 1 observer revealed that an irregular surface and a submucosal tumor-like marginal elevation were significantly associated with massive invasion. The simple CE criteria, consisting of those 2 features, had an overall accuracy of 73% to 82% and no significant differences in the diagnostic yield compared with EUS in all observers. CE accurately revealed mucosal cancer, and EUS efficiently salvaged the lesions that were over-diagnosed by CE. With our strategy, which involved the CE criteria and the optimal use of EUS, the comprehensive accuracy exceeded 85% in each observer. LIMITATIONS: Retrospective, single-center study. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated a practical strategy for T-staging in EGC using simple CE criteria and EUS.
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