Low grade gastric MALTOMA: Treatment strategies based on 10 year follow-up

Table 1 Clinical features of patients and H pylori state (n = 55)

Age (years)	47.8 ± 11.3 ( 23-74 )
Sex	Male:Female = 24:31
H pylori statusa	Positive	48 (90.5%)
	Negative	5 (9.5%)

^aExcluding two cases of unknown H pylori status.

Table 2 Endoscopic findings and location of low grade MALTOMA (n = 55)

Location	No. of cases (%)	Findings	No. of cases (%)
Body only	21 (38.2)	Ulcerative	15 (27.3)
Antrum only	11 (20.0)	Mixed	15 (27.3)
Antrum & body	20 (36.4)	Ulceroinfiltrative	10 (18.2)
Fundus/Cardia	3 (5.4)	Depressed	6 (10.9)
		Gastritis	5 (9.1)
		Protruding	3 (5.5)
		Granular	1 (1.8)

Table 3 Initial treatments and outcomes of low grade MALTOMA

	H pylori eradication	Surgery	Radiotherapy
	(n = 29)	(n = 16)	(n = 5)
Complete	24 (82.8%)	16 (100%)	5 (100%)
remission (%)
Failure (%)	5 (17.2%)	0	0
Recurrence (%)	1 (4.2%)	1	0
Median follow-	24 (2-74)	46.5 (12-120)	35.5 (26-86)
up (months)
Time to get CR in 85	12 (2-33)
percentile of patients
(interval) (months)

CR: Complete remission.

Table 4 Failures of H pylori eradication treatment according to endoscopic findings

Endoscopic types	Treatment cases	Failure cases (%a)
Diffuse	13	1 (17.7)b
Gastritis	2	0 (0)
Granular	1	0 (0)
Mixed	10	1 (10.0)
Localized	16	4 (25.0)a
Ulcerative	8	2 (25.0)
Ulceroinfiltrative	3	1 (33.3)
Depressed	4	0 (0)
Protruding	1	1 (100.0)
Total	29	5 (17.2)

^aFailure rate of each endoscopic type,

^bP > 0.05 by χ² test.