title: Laser treatment for poor-risk patients with early gastric cancer: post treatment pathology.
abstract: Two patients with early gastric carcinoma and who were poor surgical risks underwent gastrectomy following repeated laser endoscopy. Pathological findings of the resected stomach were reviewed. Lesions in both patients were ulcerative, with evidence of destruction of the muscularis mucosae caused by laser irradiation. Complete coagulation did not occur in the case of infiltrative-type involvement of the submucosal layer. Gastrectomy was carried out when the clinical status improved and both patients are now cancer-free. We propose that laser treatment for early gastric cancer should be considered for poor-risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushi University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Korenaga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakeji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*