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This study analyzed synchronous multiple gastric neoplasms treated by endoscopic resection or surgery to aid early detection.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Among 2,991 cases of early gastric cancer or adenoma diagnosed at our institution, 173 patients with 346 synchronous lesions (January 2016-March 2024) were analyzed. All lesions were mucosal or submucosal. Lesions were categorized as \u201c1st\u201d (larger) and \u201c2nd\u201d (smaller), and clinicopathological characteristics were compared using Chi-square and Fisher\u2019s exact tests with Cram\u00e9r\u2019s V.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Patients had a mean age of 73.2 years; 72.8% were male. Most lesions were in the lower\/middle stomach, differentiated (92.2%), depressed (52.9%), and brownish on narrow-band imaging (65.3%). Mean tumor diameter was 13.4 mm. Although 1st lesions were larger, other features showed high concordance (\u2265 0.25 Cram\u00e9r\u2019s V) in location, morphology, histology, invasion depth, and coloration. Survival was 94.8% (nine unrelated deaths).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Synchronous multiple gastric neoplasms tend to have similar endoscopic and histopathologic features and often occur within the same belt-like region along the short axis of the stomach. This pattern was named boundary equal lesions trends (BELT). When detecting one lesion, considering BELT is essential.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2789-1092","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,18]],"date-time":"2026-01-18T23:31:12Z","timestamp":1768779072000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"special_numbering":"S","title":["Second lesions located within the same belt-like region along the stomach's short axis as primary lesions: Boundary equal lesion trends"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-9694-4667","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Toshifumi","family":"Iida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Shinagawa-ku, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4813-342X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yoshiaki","family":"Kimoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 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