title: Endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer: quo vadis?
abstract: The diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) is of great interest because its endoscopic and surgical treatment presents the best chance for a cure. With technical development, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been widely performed for the curative treatment of EGC in Korea. Multinational studies of ESD for EGC will be the next missions that overcome these limitations and global guidelines will be processed for ESD for EGC.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Digestive Research, Digestive Disease Center, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 140-743, South Korea.
authors.forename: Won Young
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Joo Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Il Kwun
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jin Il
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Jae Hak
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*