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Indications and Techniques for Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in the Lesions of A Colorectal Tumor
Author(s) -
TAMURA SATORU,
OHKAWAUCHI KOJI,
YOKOYAMA YUICHI,
ONISHI SABURO
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1046/j.1443-1661.15.s.12.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node metastasis , endoscopic mucosal resection , colorectal cancer , lymph node , metastasis , endoscopic submucosal dissection , cancer , endoscopy , pathology , radiology
We evaluated the possibility of an extended application of endoscopic treatment for submucosal‐invading colorectal cancers, and describe the method of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) using a one channel colonoscope. A total of 328 submucosal‐invading cancers were examined from July 1985 to September 2002. The patterns of infiltrating growth into the submucosal layer were further divided into two groups: expanding growth, and infiltrating growth. Lymph node metastasis occurred in sm2 and extension cancer in more advanced stages. The lowest measurement of submucosal invading cancer with lymph node metastasis was 1250 µm. As for patterns of invasion, the frequencies of lymph node metastasis in the groups of expanding growth and infiltrating growth were 0% (0/87) and 14.5% (16/110), respectively, ( P = 0.0002, Fisher's direct method). Results showed that endoscopic treatment is suitable for sm1 extension without vessel invasion, but there is a possibility that some sm2 extension cancers can be cured radically when the pattern of submucosal invasion shows expanding growth with a distinct border.