Microinvasive gastric cancer

MONDO:0001060

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.

Also known as: EGC, early gastric cancer, superficial gastric cancer, superficial spreading gastric cancer, surface gastric cancer

2892 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 28 tagged with Microinvasive gastric cancer itself.

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Trials to join now! 14 Not yet recruiting 8 Not yet finished but already full! 1 Completed 5

Fluorescent dye guides Stomach-Sparing surgery for early cancer

Disease control By invitation only

This study tests a surgical technique for early stomach cancer that combines a camera in the abdomen (laparoscopy) with a flexible tube down the throat (endoscopy). Doctors inject a fluorescent dye near the tumor to highlight the first lymph nodes that might contain cancer. If th…

Sponsor: wangdongsheng • Aim: Disease control

Last updated Jul 18, 2026 00:00 UTC

Microinvasive gastric cancer

Where it sits in the disease tree

Fluorescent dye guides Stomach-Sparing surgery for early cancer