Histological classification of early gastric cancer in the Japanese literature
| Reference | Cases (No) | Differentiated | Undifferentiated | Mucinous adenocarcinoma | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papillary adenocarcinoma | Tubular adenocarcinoma (well differentiated) | Tubular adenocarcinoma (moderately differentiated) | Total | Poorly differentiated type | Signet ring cell carcinoma | Total | |||||
| Ohta et al 44 | 984 | – | – | – | 47.7 | – | – | 52.3 | – | ||
| Xuan et al 48 | 2846 | 1 | 46 | 17 | 64 | 30 | 5 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Maehara et al 50 | 423 | – | – | – | 61.7 | – | – | 37.8 | – | ||
| Endo et al 53 | 332 | 4.8 | 36.1 | 19.9 | 60.8 | 19.3 | 19.9 | 39.2 | – | ||
| Itoh et al 55 | 109 | 1.8 | 60.6 | – | 62.4 | 29.4 | 7.3 | 36.7 | 0.9 | ||
| Okuda et al48 | 1019 | 5.7 | 37.2 | 13.8 | 56.7 | 23.5 | 18.6 | 42.1 | 1.2 | ||
Values represent per cent of cases. Cancer (per cent of patients with specified symptom).