Between May 2005 and February 2009, a total of 45 colorectal tumors in 45 patients were resected by ESD at Tochigi Cancer Center, and the data for these cases were accumulated on a prospectively ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of large colorectal adenomas resulted in a lower recurrence rate compared with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), but the more technically complex ESD had a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Although endoscopic submucosal dissection continues to gain ground in managing colorectal laterally ...

Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) are commonly used for the minimally invasive treatment of submucosal lesions of the gastrointestinal tract. To evaluate ...

A new study reports that in the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate patients referred for surgical resection. In ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Cancer Society estimates 106,970 new cases of colon cancer and 46,050 new cases of rectal cancers ...

Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women in the United States and the second-leading cause in men. Colorectal cancer includes cancers arising in the colon or ...

Every year, tens of thousands of people face serious colon surgery to remove big polyps before they can morph into colon cancer. Many have part of their colon removed at the same time -- and face a ...

The evidence on efficacy of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of non-ampullary duodenal lesions is limited in quantity and there are safety concerns ...

Introduction: Rectal neuroendocrine neoplasms (rNENs) are potentially metastatic lesions. False endoscopic diagnosis and subsequent treatment may lead to nonradical resection and metastases.

Background and Aim: For large colorectal tumors, the en bloc resection rate achieved by endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is insufficient, and this leads to a high rate of local recurrence. As ...

In the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate patients referred for surgical resection, reports a new study. In the ...