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Research Article
Magnifying Endoscopy with Blue Laser Imaging Improves the Microstructure Visualization in Early Gastric Cancer: Comparison of Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow-Band Imaging
Table 1
Clinicopathological features of early gastric cancers.
Group A
Group B
Group C
P
value
Mean age (range), year
69 (50–81)
75 (64–88)
66 (51–83)
ns
Sex
Male
15
2
3
ns
Female
2
2
2
Location
Upper third
6
0
1
ns
Middle third
6
2
2
Lower third
5
2
2
Macroscopic type
Elevated
5
2
1
ns
Depressed
10
2
4
Mixed
2
0
0
Mean tumor size (range), mm
18.4 (6–60)
17.3 (5–36)
17 (8–32)
ns
Pathological diagnosis
Well differentiated
15
3
2
ns
Moderately differentiated
2
1
0
Poorly differentiated depth
0
0
3
m
15
4
3
ns
sm1
2
0
1
sm2
0
0
1
UL
–
15
3
3
ns
+
2
1
2
Invasion
–
15
4
3
ns
ly+ or v+
2
0
2
R0 resection (%)
100
100
80
ns