Research Article

[Retracted] The Value of Gastric Cancer Staging by Endoscopic Ultrasonography Features in the Diagnosis of Gastroenterology

Table 3

Influencing factors of insufficient staging of different lesions under EUS.

Insufficient stagingOverstaging

Lesion area
<2 cm0 (0.0%)22 (100.0%)0.038
2~4 cm6 (75.0%)19 (86.4%)
>4 cm2 (25.0%)15 (68.2%)
Adenocarcinoma typing
Highly differentiated0 (0.0%)22 (100.0%)0.021
Moderately differentiated3 (37.5%)9 (40.9%)
Poorly differentiated2 (25.0%)13 (59.1%)