Endoscopic Mucosal Resection is a new endotherapy technique that can avoid the need for open surgery in the treatment of many superficial gastrointestinal cancers.

Each chapter includes a comprehensive literature analysis and is supported by detailed illustrations, tables and photographs.

Endoscopic Mucosal Resection provides an in-depth analysis of the technique, including methods and particularities that are not usually reported in scientific articles.

Contents

1. Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Cancer
2. Etiological Factors in Gastrointestinal Tumors
3. Staging before EMR
4. Advances in Endoscopic Imaging of Barrett’s Esophagus
5. EMR Techniques
6. Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in the Esophagus
7. Stomach
8. Endoscopic Resection of Ampullary Neoplasms
9. EMR for Colorectal Lesions
10. Histopathology of Endoscopic Resection in the Gastrointestinal Tract
11. Follow-up after Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
12. Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
13. EMR and ESD for early Gastrointestinal Cancers
14. How to Cope with Complications Throughout the Gastrointestinal Tract
15. Prototypes and Future Directions of Endoscopic Research

Index

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