title: Endoscopic classification can predict the infiltrative growth patterns of early-stage esophageal cancer: a retrospective study of 133 patients at a single academic tertiary care center.
abstract: The relationships between two endoscopic classification systems (type I and II) and the infiltrative growth patterns (INF) of early esophageal cancers were evaluated. Among type I carcinomas, the INFs were mainly INFb in the polypoid and mixed types, INFa in the superficial type, and INFc in the excavated type. Among type II carcinomas, INFa was the main pattern in the surface-propagating type, whereas INFb was observed in the intraluminal, bilateral, and mixed types. INFb and INFc were observed in the intramural type. Our results indicate that the superficial and surface-propagating types had the weakest infiltrative potential, whereas the excavated and intramural types had the highest infiltrative potential.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Research Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Guiyong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
keywords: Classification; Early-stage carcinoma; Esophagus