Metachronous carcinogenesis of superficial esophagus squamous cell carcinoma after endoscopic submucosal dissection: incidence and risk stratification during long-term observation.
Nobuhiko OgasawaraDaisuke KikuchiNaoko InoshitaAtsuhito NakayamaKei KohnoYorinari OchiaiJunnosuke HayasakaYugo SuzukiNobuhihiro DanTakayuki OkamuraYutaka MitsunagaMasami TanakaKosuke NomuraHiroyuki OdagiriSatoshi YamashitaAkira MatsuiShu HoteyaToshiro IizukaPublished in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2021)
Patients with a history of esophageal carcinoma remain at risk for metachronous carcinogenesis even > 5 years after endoscopic submucosal dissection. Thus, long-term follow-up is important.