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Effect of histologic differences between biopsy and final resection on treatment outcomes in early gastric cancer

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Background and study aims

Biopsy-based histologic diagnosis is important in determining the treatment strategy for early gastric cancer (EGC). However, there are few studies on how histologic discrepancy may affect patients’ treatment outcomes. We aimed to investigate the impact of histopathologic differences between biopsy and final specimens from endoscopic resection (ER) or gastrectomy on treatment outcomes in patients with EGC. We also examined the predictive factors of histologic discrepancy.

Patients and methods

We analyzed the data of 1851 patients with EGC treated with ER or gastrectomy. We compared the histology between biopsies and final resected specimens from ER or gastrectomy. We also examined changes in treatment outcomes according to histologic differences.

Results

Histologic discrepancy was observed in 11.9% of patients in the ER group and 10.7% of those in the gastrectomy group. In patients treated with ER who showed histologic discrepancy, 80.9% showed differentiated-type EGC (D-EGC) on biopsy but undifferentiated-type-EGC (UD-EGC) after ER, of which 78.9% were non-curative resection. In patients treated with gastrectomy who showed histologic discrepancy, 39% showed UD-EGC on biopsy but showed D-EGC after gastrectomy. A total of these patients had absolute and expanded indications for ER. Moderately differentiated and poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma on biopsy were predictive factors of histologic discrepancy in UD-EGC and D-EGC on final resection, respectively.

Conclusions

About 10% of patients showed histologic discrepancy between biopsy and final resection with ER or gastrectomy. Histologic discrepancy can affect treatment outcomes, such as non-curative resection in ER or missing the opportunity for ER in gastrectomy.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2018R1A2B6008139).

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Dr. Yonsoo Kim, Hong Jin Yoon, Jie-Hyun Kim, Jaeyoung Chun, Young Hoon Youn, Hyojin Park, In Gyu Kwon, Seung Ho Choi, Sung Hoon Noh have no conflict of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211, Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06273, Republic of Korea

    Yonsoo Kim, Hong Jin Yoon, Jie-Hyun Kim, Jaeyoung Chun, Young Hoon Youn & Hyojin Park

  2. Department of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211, Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06273, Republic of Korea

    In Gyu Kwon, Seung Ho Choi & Sung Hoon Noh

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Kim, Y., Yoon, H.J., Kim, JH. et al. Effect of histologic differences between biopsy and final resection on treatment outcomes in early gastric cancer. Surg Endosc 34, 5046–5054 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-019-07301-z

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