Publications by authors named "Deuck-Hwa Kim"

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  • * Surgical resection (SR) was found to significantly improve OS for elderly patients in BCLC stages 0-A compared to local ablation therapy (LAT) and locoregional therapy (LRT), and it also outperformed LRT in elderly patients with BCLC stage B.
  • * The analysis suggests that SR should be the preferred treatment for elderly patients with BCLC stages 0-A and B, as it provides better survival
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Purpose: The diagnostic criteria of gastric intraepithelial neoplasia (IEN) are controversial across the world. We investigated how many discrepancies occur in the pathologic diagnosis of IEN and early gastric carcinoma in endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) specimens, and evaluated the reasons of the discordance.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 1,202 ESD specimens that were originally diagnosed as gastric IEN and early carcinoma at 12 institutions.

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