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Prognostic role of lymphatic vessel invasion in early gastric cancer: A retrospective study of 188 cases
Surgical Oncology, 08/07/09

Liu C et al. - In a study to determine clinicopathological and surgical prognostic factors, especially lymphatic vessel invasion, for early gastric cancers. it was revealed that lymphatic vessel invasion was an independent prognostic factor for T1N0M0 early gastric cancers, and may be a potential prominent factor that should be considered to be included in the category of lymphoid metastasis (both lymph node metastasis and lymphatic vessel invasion) in pts with early gastric cancer.

Methods

Clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic outcomes of 188 pts who received a gastrectomy for early gastric cancer between 1980 and 2000 were retrospectively evaluated based on the subclassification of pN category.
A multivariate analysis was performed by using the Cox regression model, where lymphatic vessel invasion and other potential prognostic factors were included.

Results

158 of 188 pts had T1N0M0 and 30 had T1N1M0 cancers.
In pts with T1N0M0 cancers, survival rate was significantly lower in those with lymphatic vessel invasion than in those without.
In pts with T1N1M0 cancers, survival rates were not significantly different between those with and those without lymphatic vessel invasion.
Multivariate analysis identified that age and lymph node metastasis were independent prognostic factors for all early gastric cancers.
Age, tumor location, and lymphatic vessel invasion were the independent prognostic factors for T1N0M0 cancers.

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