Table 2 Independent risk factors of lymph node metastasis in early (pT1) gastric cardiac carcinoma

From: Low risk of lymph node metastasis in 495 early gastric cardiac carcinomas: a multicenter clinicopathologic study of 2101 radical gastrectomies for early gastric carcinoma

Clinicopathologic factor

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

p value

Histology type

Tubular adenocarcinoma

Reference

 

Papillary adenocarcinoma

  

Poorly cohesive carcinoma

  

Mucinous carcinoma

  

Micropapillary adenocarcinoma

  

Mixed PCC and adenocarcinoma

 

NS

Differentiation

Well

Reference

 

Moderate

  

Poorly

6.043 (1.411–25.879)

 < 0.05

Lymphovascular invasion

Absence

Reference

 

Presence

7.6 (2.754–20.240)

 < 0.0001

Perineural invasion

Absence

Reference

 

Presence

 

NS

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