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01-03-2012 | Letter to the Editor
Shall we use endoscopic submucosal dissection for every gastric neoplasia?
Authors:
László Czakó, Viktória Terzin, Tibor Szalóki
Published in:
Journal of Gastroenterology
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Issue 3/2012
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Excerpt
We read with great interest the article by Kato et al. [
1] validating the use of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for total incisional biopsy in gastric noninvasive neoplasia (NIN) (adenoma with low- or high-grade dysplasia, categories 3 and 4.1 according to the Vienna classification) diagnosed by endoscopic forceps biopsy. ESD revealed adenocarcinoma in 44% of the NIN cases. The largest diameter of the NIN lesions treated with ESD in the study varied between 2 and 55 mm. The rate of complications was reasonably low, and it was concluded that ESD may be a therapeutic option for gastric NIN. …