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Table 3 Patients who underwent esophagectomy (n = 11)

From: Clinicopathologic correlations of superficial esophageal adenocarcinoma in endoscopic submucosal dissection specimens

Adenocarcinoma Stage

Degree of tumor differentiation

Depth of invasion

LVI

Deep margin

Peripheral margin

Esophagectomy pathology AJCC/CAP staging

Intramucosal

Well

m3

No

Negative

Positive

pT0N0

Intramucosal

Poor

m3

No

Negative

Negative

pT1aN0

Intramucosal

Well

m3

No

Positive

Negative

pT1aN0

Submucosal

Poor

sm2

Yes

Negative

Negative

pT1bN0

Submucosal

Poor

sm1

Yes

Negative

Negative

pT1aN1

Submucosal

Moderate

>sm2

No

Positive

Positive

pT1bN0

Submucosal

Moderate

>sm1

No

Positive

Positive

pT2N0

Submucosal

Moderate

sm2

No

Positive

Negative

pT0N0

Submucosal

Well

sm1

No

Negative

Positive

pT0N0

Submucosal

Poor

sm2

No

Positive*

Positive

pT1aN0

Submucosal

Poor

sm1

No

Negative

Positive

pT2N0

  1. AJCC/CAP American Joint Commission on Cancer/College of American Pathologists; LVI lymphovascular invasion;
  2. m3 involving the layer between the superficial and deep muscularis mucosae; sm1 submucosal invasion ≤500 μm, sm2 submucosal invasion > 500 μm,
  3. * Single atypical gland in cauterized tissue at margin