Implementation of endoscopic submucosal dissection for early upper gastrointestinal tract cancer after primary experience in colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection*

Background Current guidelines recommend endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) as a treatment option for early cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract with absent or minimal risk of lymph node metastasis. However, due to the low prevalence of these entities, it is difficult to achieve a competen...

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Main Authors: Lena Mocker, Ralf Hildenbrand, Tsuneo Oyama, Bernd Sido, Naohisa Yahagi, Franz Ludwig Dumoulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2019-03-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0854-3610