Establishing and popularizing a standard pathological diagnostic model of endoscopic submucosal dissection specimens in China

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants

Items	Number of pathologists (%)
Gender
Female	80 (72.07)
Male	31 (27.93)
Education background
Bachelor	61 (54.95)
Master	46 (41.44)
Doctor of medicine	4 (3.60)
Work seniority (years)
≤ 5	38 (34.23)
5-10	19 (17.12)
10-15	21 (18.92)
15-20	23 (20.72)
≥ 20	10 (9.01)
Work region
Western China	75 (67.57)
Central China	36 (32.43)
ESD diagnosis (cases/year)
≤ 100	90 (81.08)
100-300	10 (9.01)
300-500	6 (5.41)
≥ 500	5 (4.50)
Total	111 (100)

ESD: Endoscopic submucosal dissection.