title: Expanding indications for ESD: mucosal disease (upper and lower gastrointestinal tract).
abstract: Endoscopic resection is now considered a curative procedure for early gastric cancer. In Japan, it has increasingly replaced surgical resection for this indication, although in the West it has not been universally accepted as a first-line treatment. Recently, endoscopic submucosal dissection has been increasingly applied to colorectal disease, although it has not become a standard therapeutic procedure for early colorectal carcinoma because of its technical difficulty, the relatively long procedure time required, and the risk of complications, such as perforation and bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Division, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Sonnchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174 Jungdong, Wonmigu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do 420-767, South Korea. Electronic address: RyuChB@schbc.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Chang Beom
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Ryu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Early colorectal carcinoma; Early gastric cancer; Endoscopic mucosal resection; Endoscopic submucosal dissection