Open AccessEndoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagogastric Junction
Author(s) -
Yasuaki Nagami,
Masaki Ominami,
Koji Otani,
Shuhei Hosomi,
Fumio Tanaka,
Koichi Taira,
Noriko Kamata,
Hirokazu Yamagami,
Tetsuya Tanigawa,
Masatsugu Shiba,
Toshio Watanabe,
Yasuhiro Fujiwara
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
digestion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.882
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1421-9867
pISSN - 0012-2823
DOI - 10.1159/000484111
Subject(s) - medicine , adenocarcinoma , cancer , metastasis , lymphovascular invasion , endoscopy , gastroenterology , radiology , pathology
Adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) is uncommon in Eastern countries, including Japan, but it is believed that the incidence of EGJ adenocarcinoma will increase in Asia in the future due to the decreasing incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a minimally invasive and curative treatment that allows precise pathological assessment.