2017 Volume 59 Issue 10 Pages 2500-2507
[Background and purpose]
The aim of this study was to investigate factors affecting the proliferative activity of early undifferentiated gastric cancer.
[Method]
We investigated endoscopic and pathological features of early undifferentiated gastric cancer (74 lesions in 73patients). We used Ki-67 staining to evaluate the proliferative activity and identified factors affecting the proliferative activity.
[Results]
H.pylori infection was significantly associated with high Ki-67 index.
[Conclusion]
H. pylori infection may increase the proliferative activity of early undifferentiated gastric cancer.