The value of diagnostic endoscopic submucosal dissection for patients with clinical submucosal invasive early gastric cancer.

Keiichi FujiyaKohei TakizawaMasanori TokunagaNoboru KawataMakoto HikageRie MakuuchiYutaka TanizawaEtsuro BandoTaiichi KawamuraMasaki TanakaNaomi KakushimaHiroyuki OnoMasanori Terashima

Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2017)

The stomach was preserved in 28.8% of patients, and preceding ESD did not show obvious disadvantages. Therefore, diagnostic ESD should be considered as an initial treatment for limited cT1b gastric cancer cases.

Keyphrases

endoscopic submucosal dissection
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
computed tomography
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
magnetic resonance imaging
positron emission tomography
patient reported
smoking cessation