Since Murakami defined early gastric cancer (EGC) as a “carcinoma limited to the gastric
mucosa and/or submucosa regardless of the lymph node status”, several authors have …

Background The prevention and early diagnosis of gastric cancer permit clinicians to
discover the tumor in the initial phase, during which time it can be completely eradicated …

Abstract Background and Aim: Although more than 80% of undifferentiated early gastric
cancers (EGC) are not associated with lymph node metastasis, endoscopic mucosal …

Background. During the 1970s, a special type of Gastric Cancer with excellent prognosis
(early gastric cancer; EGC) was identified by the Japanese Research Society for Gastric …

With respect to gastric cancer treatment, improvements in endoscopic techniques and novel
therapeutic modalities [such as endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic …

Japanese guidelines for gastric cancer treatment were first published in 2001 for the
purpose of showing the appropriate indication for each treatment method, thereby reducing …

Background and Aims Japanese criteria for curative endoscopic resection of early gastric
cancer initially included nonulcerated, well-differentiated mucosal lesions≤ 2 cm in …

Background The problem is that current definitions of early gastric cancer allow the inclusion
of regional lymph node metastases. The increasing use of endoscopic submucosal …

Early gastric cancers (EGCs) are defined as gastric cancers confined to the mucosa or
submucosa, regardless of regional lymph node metastasis. The proportion of EGCs has …

Background For successful endoscopic treatment of early gastric cancer (EGC), absolute
criteria for a curative en bloc resection were initially established to include predominantly …