Abstract:【Objective】 To discuss the security of expanded indications by endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)for early gastric cancer (EGC). 【Methods】 All the pathological materials of radical gastric resections from December 2005 to May 2013 were retrieved and the ESD's expanded indications of those cases were scanned. The risk factors relevant with lymph node metastasis,such as invasive depth and differentiation degrees, were also analyzed. 【Results】 In the recent nine years, of157 cases,13 cases had lymph node metastasis.The lymph node metastases for mucosa cancer, muscularis mucosae cancer, sm1 cancer were 0.0% (0/18), 6.6% (4/61) and 11.5% (9/78) respectively (P >0.05). Of 157 EGC cases, the lymph node metastases of differentiated type and poorly differentiated type were 2.3% and 15.5% ,respectively (P <0.05). 【Conclusion】 Most EGC cases undergoing radical gastrectomy can be cured by ESD.The mucosa cancer is more reliable, but the sm1 cancer was recommend surgery, especially with poor differentiation.