Applicability of endoscopic submucosal dissection for patients with early gastric cancer beyond the expanded indication for endoscopic submucosal dissection.
Jeong Ho SongSejin LeeSung Hyun ParkAnastasios KottikiasAleisa AbdulmohsenNasser AlrashidiMinah ChoYoo Min KimHyoung-Il KimWoo Jin HyungPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2022)
This study suggests that patients with EGC indicated for surgery can be treated by ESD by adding tumor locations in the indication for ESD. Thus, ESD can be applied for patients with a tumor size ≤ 10 mm located in the lower/middle stomach without ulceration.