Change of mucosal color in early gastric cancer

Objective:  To investigate the association between mucosal color change and the characteristics of early gastric cancer (EGC). Methods:  Data of consecutive patients with EGC resected between August 2005 and October 2010 at Konkuk University Medical Center were analyzed retrospectively. The characte...

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Published in:Journal of digestive diseases 2012-10, Vol.13 (10), p.510-516
Main Authors: Lee, Hak Hyun, Lee, Sun-Young, Yoon, Hyeon Young, Hong, Sung Noh, Kim, Jeong Hwan, Sung, In-Kyung, Park, Hyung Seok, Shim, Chan Sup, Han, Hye Seung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adenocarcinoma
Adenocarcinoma - metabolism
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Aged
Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell - metabolism
Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell - pathology
classification
color
Female
Gastric Mucosa - pathology
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Mucins - metabolism
Neoplasm Grading
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Phenotype
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Statistics, Nonparametric
stomach neoplasms
Stomach Neoplasms - metabolism
Stomach Neoplasms - pathology
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Summary:Objective:  To investigate the association between mucosal color change and the characteristics of early gastric cancer (EGC). Methods:  Data of consecutive patients with EGC resected between August 2005 and October 2010 at Konkuk University Medical Center were analyzed retrospectively. The characteristics of EGC relative to mucosal color change were analyzed. Results:  Whitish discoloration of the cancer was linked to female to male gender ratio (P = 0.009), large tumor size (P 
ISSN:1751-2972
1751-2980
DOI:10.1111/j.1751-2980.2012.00620.x