Endoscopic Resection for Gastric Cancer

摘要: Endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer has been a well-established standard therapy in Japan, and it is increasingly accepted other countries. Accurate evaluation the lesion with careful endoscopic examination histologic assessment are critical for appropriate patient selection order to avoid performing this procedure on patients high risk lymph node involvement metastasis. Currently, mucosal (EMR) performed lesions smaller than 20 mm. En bloc preferred because local recurrence after piecemeal resection, therefore, submucosal dissection (ESD) should be considered larger