...Frieder Berr; Andrej Wagner; Tobias Kiesslich; Paul Friesenbichler; Daniel Neureiter Backgrounds/Aims: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of early cancer allows precise staging and avoids recurrence or surgery. Tutored by experts, ESD has rapidly spread in Japan, but still demands untutored...

...%, respectively (p < 0.05, T1N0, T2N0 vs. T3N0; p < 0.001, vs. T4N0). Conclusion: Patients with T2N0 tumors have an excellent long-term prognosis like T1N0 tumors and both categories could be classified as early cancer in the alimentary tract cancers. 30 01 2002 11 04 2002 4 10 2002 ©...

..., superficial early cancers have been reported. These lesions appear as faint mucosal irregularities or discolorations, which may be difficult to distinguish from nonspecific inflammation or trauma. The recognition of these malignancies has prompted the development of new techniques for their treatment...