Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2015)
Neutrophil Infiltration and the Distribution of Intestinal Metaplasia Is Associated with Metachronous Gastric Cancer following Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of early gastric cancer is a minimally invasive procedure. However, the risk for metachronous cancers after successful cancer treatment remains high and the risk factors for metachronous cancers have not been elucidated.