title: Guidelines for endoscopic submucosal dissection and endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer.
abstract: In response to the rapid and wide acceptance and use of endoscopic treatments for early gastric cancer, the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES), in collaboration with the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA), has produced 'Guidelines for ESD and EMR for Early Gastric Cancer', as a set of basic guidelines in accordance with the principles of evidence-based medicine. These Guidelines cover the present state of knowledge and are divided into the following seven categories: Indications, Preoperative diagnosis, Techniques, Evaluation of curability, Complications, Long-term postoperative surveillance, and Histology. Twenty-three statements were finally accepted as guidelines, and the majority of these were obtained from descriptive studies with lower evidence levels. A number of statements had to be created by consensus (the lowest evidence level), as evidence levels remain low for many specific areas in this field.
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo.|Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo.|Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo.|Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujishiro
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo.|Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.affiliation: Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nimura
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo.|Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Naohisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yahagi
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo.|Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iishi
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo.|Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.affiliation: Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ajioka
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
mesh_terms: D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000592:standards*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000592:standards*; D005762:Gastroenterology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: early gastric cancer; endoscopic mucosal resection; endoscopic submucosal dissection; evidence based guideline