Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Esophageal and Gastric Mucosal Cancers

Accumulated data from surgically resected specimens reveal that mucosal cancers of the esophagus and stomach pose low risk of lymph node metastasis. The author used endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) as curative treatment in 142 cases of esophageal cancer and 102 cases of stomach cancer. In absolute...

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Main Author: Haruhiro Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1998-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/535978