title: [Early gastric cancer--diagnosis and therapy].
abstract: Early gastric cancer (EGC) is defined as an invasive mucosal or submucosal neoplasia of the intestinal type tumor. Endoscopic mucosal tumor resection (EMR) is a new minimal invasive procedure for local tumor resection with excellent outcome in a well selected subset of patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Infektiologie, Otto-v.-Guericke Universität, Magdeburg.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kolfenbach
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malfertheiner
mesh_terms: D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery