Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Determining the Treatment Method for Early Gastric Cancer

<table class="table-group" id="tab6"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">67 lesions</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Wrong evaluation of ulcerative change</td><td align="center">44 (65.6%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Presence of cystic change beneath the lesion</td><td align="center">2 (3.0%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Unknown</td><td align="center">21 (31.3%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>m/sm1 refers to histologically determined depths and EUS-SM2 or deeper refers to depths of EGC invasion determined by EUS (see text for full description).<br/></td></tr></table>

Causes of m/sm1 cancer being classified as EUS-SM2 or deeper.

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Table 6: Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Determining the Treatment Method for Early Gastric Cancer 