Table 3 Histopathological factors affecting endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) T staging
From: Low accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography for detailed T staging in gastric cancer
Variables | n | Overstaging, % | P | Understaging, % | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 309 | 137 (44.3) | 39 (12.6) | ||
Tumor size, mm | |||||
<20 | 80 | 30 (37.5) | 0.03 | 7 (8.8) | 0.42 |
2–50 | 141 | 58 (41.1) | 21 (14.9) | ||
≥50 | 88 | 49 (55.7) | 11 (12.5) | ||
Tumor locationI | |||||
Upper | 18 | 6 (33.3) | 0.62 | 3 (16.7) | 0.28 |
Middle | 137 | 61 (44.5) | 21 (15.3) | ||
Lower | 154 | 70 (45.5) | 15 (9.7) | ||
Tumor locationII | |||||
Wall | 162 | 70 (43.2) | 0.32 | 20 (12.3) | 0.65 |
Curvature | 131 | 57 (43.5) | 16 (12.2) | ||
Circumferential | 16 | 10 (62.5) | 3 (18.8) | ||
Histological type | |||||
Differentiated | 147 | 66 (44.9) | 0.85 | 21 (14.3) | 0.40 |
Undifferentiated | 162 | 71 (43.8) | 18 (11.1) | ||
Ulceration | |||||
Yes | 227 | 94 (41.4) | 0.08 | 31 (13.7) | 0.36 |
No | 82 | 43 (52.4) | 8 (9.8) | ||
Lauren | |||||
Intestinal type | 142 | 63 (44.4) | 0.88 | 16 (11.3) | 0.15 |
Mixed type | 60 | 25 (41.7) | 12 (20.0) | ||
Diffuse type | 107 | 49 (45.8) | 11 (10.3) | ||