Original Article
Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastrointest Endosc. Aug 16, 2011; 3(8): 162-170
Published online Aug 16, 2011. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v3.i8.162
Table 1 Clinical profiles of the subjects screened by transnasal or transoral endoscopy and clinicopathological characteristics of detected gastric mucosal neoplasia (mean ± SD) n (%)
Subject screened
Total subjectsBy transnasal EGDBy transoral EGD
No. of screened subjects332413821942
Age (yr)53.4 ± 15.453.4 ± 15.453.5 ± 15.4
Males1442 (43.4)684 (49.4)a758 (39.0)
Smokers678 (20.4)267 (19.3)411 (21.1)
Helicobacter pylori-infected subjects1202 (40.2)510 (39.8)692 (40.5)
CAG-positive subjects1360 (40.9)560 (40.5)800 (41.2)
No. of subjects with gastric neoplasia/DR55/0.016523/0.016632/0.0165
Location of neoplasia (U/M/L)20/15/208/7/812/8/12
Adenoma cases/DR12/0.00363/0.00229/0.0046
Location of adenoma (U/M/L)2/4/60/2/12/2/5
Size of adenoma (mm)10.5 ± 7.09.7 ± 4.010.8 ± 7.9
Cancer cases/DR43/0.012920/0.014523/0.0118
Location of cancer (U/M/L)18/11/148/5/710/6/7
Size of cancer (mm)27.3 ± 16.732.6 ± 19.5a22.3 ± 12.8
Morphological cancer type (I-IIa/IIb/IIc-III/Ad)12/1/15/136/1/5/86/0/12/5
With intestinal-type cancer33 (76.7)18 (90.0)a15 (65.2)
Depth of invasion (m/sm/pm-)20/10/135/7/815/3/5
With early cancer30 (69.7)12 (60.0)18 (78.3)
Table 2 Screening performance of the two esophagogastroduodenoscopies in subjects with or without Helicobacter pylori infection (mean ± SD) n (%)
Total subjects (H. pylori analyzed)H. pylori
PositiveNegative
Screened by transnasal EGD
Screened subjects1280510770
Age (yr)53.4 ± 15.456.8 ± 13.6c50.2 ± 14.3
Males623 (48.7)a268 (52.5)a355 (46.1)a
Smokers247 (19.3)118 (23.1)c129 (16.7)a
Subjects with gastric neoplasia/DR21/0.016416/0.0314c5/0.00649
Location of neoplasia (U/M/L)7/6/84/6/63/0/2
Adenoma cases/DR3/0.00233/0.005890/0
Size of adenoma (mm)9.7 ± 4.09.7 ± 4.00
Cancer cases/DR18/0.014113/0.0255c5/0.00649
Size of cancer (mm)31.2 ± 19.525.5 ± 13.346.0 ± 28.2
Morphological cancer type (I-IIa/IIb/IIc-III/Ad)6/1/4/75/0/4/41/1/0/3
With intestinal-type cancer16 (88.9)12 (92.3)4 (80)
Depth of invasion (m/sm/pm-)5/6/74/5/41/1/3
With early cancer12 (66.7)10 (76.9)2 (40)
Screened by transoral EGD
Screened subjects17076921015
Age (yr)53.5 ± 15.456.3 ± 14.7c51.8 ± 14.8
Males655 (38.4)298 (43.1)357 (35.2)
Smokers354 (20.7)141 (20.3)213 (21.0)
Subjects with gastric neoplasia/DR33/0.019326/0.0376c6/0.00591
Location of neoplasia (U/M/L)12/8/1210/8/92/0/3
Adenoma cases/DR9/0.00525/0.007224/0.00394
Size of adenoma (mm)10.8 ± 7.913 ± 11.510 ± 4.08
Cancer cases/DR23/0.013521/0.0303c2/0.00197
Size of cancer (mm)22.3 ± 12.823.2 ± 13.420 ± 0
Morphological cancer type (I-IIa/IIb/IIc-III/Ad)6/0/12/56/0/10/50/0/2/0
With intestinal-type cancer15 (65.2)14 (66.7)1 (50)
Depth of invasion (m/sm/pm-)15/3/513/3/52/0/0
With early cancer18 (78.3)14 (76.2)2 (100)
Table 3 Screening performance of the two esophagogastroduodenoscopies in subjects with or without chronic atrophic gastritis (mean ± SD) n (%)
Total subjectsCAG
PositiveNegative
Screened by transnasal EGD
Screened subjects1382560822
Age (yr)53.4 ± 15.460.3 ± 11.8c47.0 ± 14.5
Males684 (49.4)a316 (56.4)a368 (44.8)a
Smokers267 (19.3)121 (21.6)146 (17.8)
Subjects with gastric neoplasia/DR23/0.016622/0.0286c1/0.00122a
Location of neoplasia (U/M/L)8/7/88/6/80/1/0
Adenoma cases/DR3/0.00223/0.005360/0
Size of adenoma (mm)9.7 ± 4.09.7 ± 4.00
Cancer cases/DR20/0.014519/0.0315c1/0.00122
Size of cancer (mm)32.6 ± 19.5a34.1 ± 18.8a5 ± 0
Morphological cancer type (I-IIa/IIb/IIc-III/Ad)6/1/5/86/1/4/80/0/1/0
With intestinal-type cancer18 (90.0)18 (94.7)0 (0)
Depth of invasion (m/sm/pm-)5/7/84/7/81/0/0
With early cancer12 (60.0)11 (57.9)a1 (100)
Screened by transoral EGD
Screened subjects19428001142
Age (yr)53.5 ± 15.662.3 ± 11.4c47.3 ± 14.2
Males758 (39.0)363 (45.3)395 (34.6)
Smokers411 (21.2)165 (20.6)246 (21.6)
Subjects with gastric neoplasia/DR32/0.016424/0.0300c8/0.0070
Location of neoplasia (U/M/L)12/8/128/7/94/1/3
Adenoma cases/DR9/0.00467/0.00875c2/0.00175
Size of adenoma (mm)10.8 ± 7.911.7 ± 8.87.5 ± 3.5
Cancer cases/DR23/0.011817/0.0213c6/0.00525
Size of cancer (mm)22.3 ± 12.819.4 ± 11.731.4 ± 12.1
Morphological cancer type (I-IIa/IIb/IIc-III/Ad)6/0/12/56/0/9/20/0/3/3
With intestinal-type cancer15 (65.2)12 (70.6)c2 (33.3)
Depth of invasion (m/sm/pm-)15/3/513/2/22/1/3
With early cancer8 (78.3)15 (88.2)3 (50.0)
Table 4 Screening performance of the two esophagogastroduodenoscopies according to the stages of Helicobacter pylori-related chronic gastritis (mean ± SD) n (%)
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DTotal subjects (H. pylori analyzed)
Screened by transnasal EGD
Screened subjects5721893211981280
Age (yr)45.3 ± 13.849.2 ± 14.6c59.8 ± 12.1c63.4 ± 12.8c53.4 ± 15.4
Males257 (44.9)a74 (39.3)194 (60.2)a98 (49.4)623 (48.7)a
Smokers89 (15.6)a43 (22.8)a75 (23.3)40 (20.2)247 (19.2)
Subjects with gastric neoplasia/DR0/01/0.0053ac15/0.0466c5/0.025321/0.0164
Location of neoplasia (U/M/L)00/1/04/5/63/0/27/6/8
Adenoma cases/DR0/00/03/0.00930/03/0.0023
Size of adenoma (mm)009.7 ± 4.009.7 ± 4.0
Cancer cases/DR0/01/0.0053212/0.03735/0.025318/0.0141
Size of cancer (mm)05 ± 027.3 ± 12.346.0 ± 28.231.2 ± 19.5
Morphological cancer type (I-IIa/IIb/IIc-III/Ad)00/0/1/05/0/3/41/1/0/36/1/4/7
With intestinal-type cancer0 (0)0/1 (0)12/12 (100)4/5 (80)16/18 (88.9)
Depth of invasion (m/sm/pm-)01/0/03/5/41/1/35/6/7
With early cancer-1 (100)8 (66.7)2 (40)12 (66.7)
Screened by transoral EGD
Screened subjects7512574352641707
Age (yr)46.0 ± 12.646.6 ± 15.460.9 ± 11.8c64.0 ± 11.4c53.5 ± 15.4
Males247 (32.9)95 (37.0)203 (46.7)110 (41.7)655 (38.4)
Smokers167 (22.2)39 (15.2)102 (23.4)46 (17.4)354 (20.7)
Subjects with gastric neoplasia/DR0/08/0.0311c18/0.0414c6/0.022732/0.0187
Location of neoplasia (U/M/L)04/1/36/7/52/0/412/8/12
Adenoma cases/DR0/02/0.007783/0.006894/0.01529/0.0052
Size of adenoma (mm)07.5 ± 3.538.0 ± 13.910 ± 4.0810.8 ± 7.9
Cancer cases/DR0/06/0.023315/0.03452/0.0075823/0.0134
Size of cancer (mm)031.4 ± 12.119.4 ± 12.520 ± 022.3 ± 12.8
Morphological cancer type (I-IIa/IIb/IIc-III/Ad)00/0/3/36/0/7/20/0/2/06/0/12/5
With intestinal-type cancer0 (0)2/6 (33.3)12/15 (80)1/2 (50)16/24 (66.7)
Depth of invasion (m/sm/pm-)02/1/311/2/22/0/015/3/5
With early cancer-3 (50)13 (86.7)2 (100)18 (78.3)