title: [A case of early duodenal cancer resected by endoscopic polypectomy in the elderly].
abstract: Early duodenal cancer has been detected with increasing frequency of endoscopy and the advent of an aging society. Aged patients, however, are often inoperable because of complications due to various underlying diseases. The authors report a case of early duodenal cancer curatively operated by endoscopic polypectomy and refer to related cases in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Takagi Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nojiri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higashijima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akashi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging