microinvasive gastric cancer
MONDO:0001060Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names microinvasive gastric cancer yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An invasive adenocarcinoma confined to the mucosa or mucosa and submucosa of the gastric wall. The regional lymph nodes may or may not be involved. It usually occurs in the lesser curvature. The 5-year survival rate following resection is between 80 percent and 95 percent, and remains high even when lymph node metastases are present.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001060), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: microinvasive gastric cancer
- Also called
- early gastric cancerEGCsuperficial gastric cancersuperficial spreading gastric cancersurface gastric cancer