title: Minute lesions of esophageal cancer.
abstract: Fifty-four cases of minute esophageal cancer (1 cm or less in the greatest dimension) were collected and analyzed. Of these 67% were mucosal cancer and 28% were submucosal cancer. Prognosis was anticipated to be good as there was only one case of lymph node metastasis and three of vascular invasion. A lesion of 1 cm can be regarded as curable regardless of its depth of invasion. The endoscopic approach with use of a dye staining technique is useful for detection of or screening for minute esophageal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shirakabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged