Abstract:Abstract: Objective?To explore the clinicopathological characteristics of synchronous multiple early gastric cancer (SMEGC) and correlation analysis between main and minor lesions.?Methods?The medical records of 305 patients with early gastric cancer treated with endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) from January 2016 to April 2019 were analyzed retrospectively. The data of patients including age, gender, tumor macroscopic morphology, tumor location, diameter, presence of ulcer, redness of the surface, histological type, depth of invasion were collected. The clinicopathological characteristics of SMEGC, single early gastric cancer and correlation between main and minor lesions were analyzed.?Results?Among the 305 patients with early gastric cancer, 25 cases (8.2%) were SMEGC, 280 cases (91.8%) were single early gastric cancer. The proportion of SMEGC patients with age >?60 years (76.0%, 19/25) is higher than that with single early gastric cancer (52.9%, 148/280), and the proportion of SMEGC patients with tumor diameter ≤?2.00 cm (68.0%, 17/25) was higher than that of single early gastric cancer (46.1%, 129/280), the difference was statistically significant (P?0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in gender, tumor macroscopic morphology, tumor location, diameter, presence of ulcer, redness of the surface, histopathological type, depth of invasion between the two groups (P?>?0.05). The diameter of main lesions was significantly larger than that of minor lesions, the difference was statistically significant (P?0.05), there were no statistically significant differences between main and minor lesions in tumor macroscopic morphology, tumor location, presence of ulcer, redness of the surface, histopathological type, depth of invasion (P?>?0.05).?Conclusion?The prediction risk factors for SMEGC are patients over 60 years old and tumors less than 2.00 cm in diameter, the clinicopathological characteristics of main and minor lesions are similar, patients with early gastric cancer with these factors should accept more careful endoscopic examination. Pay attention to the correlation between main and minor lesions and improve the detection rate of SMEGC.