Endoscopic treatment of early colorectal cancer – just a competition with surgery?

The endoscopic treatment of cancerous and precancerous lesions in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract has experienced major breakthroughs in the past years. Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is a simple and efficient method for the treatment of most benign lesions in the GI tract. However, with the int...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ebigbo Alanna, Probst Andreas, Messmann Helmut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-11-01
Series:Innovative Surgical Science
Subjects:
emr
esd
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/iss-2017-0037