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Our study aimed to investigate the clinicopathologic features of early gastric neoplasms in older adults and to identify immunohistochemical markers that distinguish indolent from aggressive lesions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We examined 72 early-stage (ie, mucosal and submucosal) gastric neoplasms resected from patients aged 85 to 94\u2009years. There were 8 markers used in the immunohistochemistry assay, including enteroblastic markers (SALL4 and glypican 3).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 72 cases, 94% were tubular neoplasms: 40 gastric intraepithelial neoplasia\/dysplasias (20 low grade, 20 high grade) and 28 adenocarcinomas. A combination of MUC5AC and\/or p53 correctly identified 93% of adenocarcinomas and achieved the highest accuracy (0.90) and specificity (1.00) in distinguishing high-risk lesions (high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia\/dysplasias and adenocarcinomas), with an area under the curve of 0.934. Enteroblastic differentiation, confirmed by SALL4 and\/or glypican 3, was found in 25% of adenocarcinomas. This differentiation was significantly associated with lymphatic (P\u2009=\u2009.021) and venous (P\u2009=\u2009.043) invasion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>MUC5AC\/p53 immunohistochemistry is highly effective in identifying high-risk lesions. Enteroblastic differentiation is relatively common and is associated with lymphovascular invasion. 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