Clinical Endoscopy (Jan 2019)

Strategy for Curative Endoscopic Resection of Undifferentiated-Type Early Gastric Cancer

  • Jie-Hyun Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2018.199
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 1
pp. 9 – 14

Abstract

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Endoscopic resection (ER) of undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer (UD-EGC) has a lower curative resection (CR) rate than differentiated-type EGC. However, if UD-EGC is curatively resected using ER, long-term outcomes can be favorable. Thus, the strategy for CR by ER is important in UD-EGC. To achieve CR in UD-EGC, biological behaviors including tumor growth patterns must be considered. This review aims to describe what is important for curative ER of UD-EGC.

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