Recurrence in early gastric cancer--presence of micrometastasis in lymph node of node negative early gastric cancer patient with recurrence.

When patients have lymph node metastases or are older, close and long-term follow-up and careful planning of postoperative adjuvant therapy might be necessary to avoid recurrence. The detection of micrometastases by anti-cytokeratin antibody might be useful for predicting the possibility of recurrence in early gastric cancer.