ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2025
Clinical characteristics and transabdominal ultrasound features that associated with T3-T4 staging in gastric cancer: A retrospective study.
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- Transrectal Biplane Ultrasound Features and Clinical Characteristics Associated With T3-T4 Staging of Rectal Cancer: A Retrospective Study.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026Article
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backgroundTransabdominal ultrasound after the oral administration of an echoic cellulose-based gastric ultrasound contrast agent has recently been suggested to be effective in T staging of gastric cancer (GC).
aimTo explore the clinical characteristics and transabdominal features associated with T3-T4 staging of GC.
methodsIn total, 113 patients who underwent transabdominal ultrasonography and had confirmed GC based on surgical pathology were included. Variables including clinical characteristics [age, body mass index, gender, clinical features, pathological type, histologic type, Lauren type, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), and CA19-9] and transabdominal ultrasound features (thickness and length of lesion, presence of angle sign, presence of ulcer, and lesion location) were recorded. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify the factors associated with T3-T4 staging.
resultsNinety-two patients were T3-T4 staging and 21 were T1-T2 staging. Univariate analysis revealed that the thickness of gastric lesions (1.6 ± 0.6 cm
conclusionTransabdominal ultrasound features, including an angle sign and lesion length, help identify T3-T4 staging.
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