title: Endoscopic follow-up in oncological diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: the experience of the Regina Elena Cancer Institute.
abstract: In oncology, follow-up refers to the medical procedures aimed to control, over time, both patients at risk of developing cancer, or those already submitted to surgical treatments for neoplastic lesions. The usefulness of an endoscopic follow-up in oncological diseases of the gastrointestinal tract is still being debated and, in some cases, a variety of different protocols are often employed for the same disease. At Regina Elena Cancer Institute, after a critical review of our data and literature, we established and followed guidelines of endoscopic follow-up for patients both at risk and submitted to curative surgery for cancer.
authors.affiliation: Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stigliano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Assisi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fracasso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lapenta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Casale
mesh_terms: D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000175:diagnosis; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003113:Colonoscopy; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors