title: [Varied importance of endoscopic polypectomy as prevention of cancer in the stomach and colon].
abstract: 15,300 endoscopies of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract were done during the years 1974-1982. During this time 915 polyps were excised. 3.2% of the polyps excised from the stomach, as contrasted to 64.8% of the ones taken from the colorectal part of the gastrointestinal tract were classified as precancerous lesions. These results show, that endoscopic polypectomy is a very efficient procedure in regard to prophylaxis of colon carcinoma, however almost without significance in this regard for prophylaxis of gastric carcinoma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: Die unterschiedliche Bedeutung der endoskopischen Polypektomie als Karzinomprophylaxe im Magen und Dickdarm.