title: [The endoscopic treatment of gastric adenomas].
abstract: Endoscopic polypectomy is the treatment of choice in symptomatic polyps of the stomach. From 1974 to 1989, at the Endoscopy Division of National Cancer Institute of Milan, 37 patients underwent endoscopic polypectomy, to remove 55 gastric adenomas. Areas of malignancy were revealed in 3 patients. Two of them, not operable for advanced age and poor general conditions, are controlled endoscopically. Endoscopic polypectomy can be performed on an outpatient basis or with a short period of hospitalization. It represents the only form of therapy in not operable patients. Furthermore this method allows to prevent the malignant transformation of the adenomas, which, as reported in the literature, ranges between 3.4% to 66.5%. Our experience confirms the validity of this technique which is safe and effective.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Endoscopia, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milano.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casella
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cambareri
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Cerrai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pizzetti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spinelli
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Trattamento endoscopico degli adenomi gastrici.