Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the accuracy and influencing factors of miniprobe endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in determining the T stage for early gastric cancer (EGC).
Methods:The clinical data of 103 patients with EGC who were admitted to the Peking University Cancer Hospital from March 2011 to June 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. The diagnosis results of miniprobe EUS were compared with postoperative pathological findings, of which the differences in the accuracy of miniprobe EUS in determining the T stage of EGC were analyzed according to tumor location, diameter, differentiated types, with or without ulceration and Lauren classification. The rate comparison and univariate analysis were done by the chisquare test, and multivariate analysis was done using the Logistic regression model.
Results:Among 107 lesions, 75 lesions were detected in uT1a stage by miniprobe EUS and 32 lesions in uT1b stage. The results of pathological examination showed that 61 lesions were detected in T1a stage, 40 lesions in T1b stage and 6 lesions in T2 stage. The accuracy of miniprobe EUS in the T1 stage of EGC was 66.4%( 71/107), including 70.7%(53/75) in the uT1a stage and 56.3%(18/32) in the uT1b stage of EGC. There were significant differences in the accuracy of miniprobe EUS for determining the T stage of EGC among the patients with different tumor diameters, different differentiated types and with or without ulceration (χ
2=7.834, 7.432, 6.461, P<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis showed that tumor diameter more than 30 mm and undifferentiated types of tumors were independent risk factors affecting the accuracy of miniprobe EUS in determining the T stage of EGC (OR=0.340, 0.332, 95% confidence interval: 0.563-0.932, 0.58
2-1.022, P<0.05).
Conclusions:The clinical value of miniprobe EUS in the T stage of EGC is relatively high. The accuracy of miniprobe EUS detecting in the T1a stage of EGC is higher than the T1b stage of EGC, and the factors affecting the accuracy of miniprobe EUS in determining preoperative stage of EGC include tumor diameter more than 30 mm and undifferentiated type of tumors.