Early cancer of the gastrointestinal tract: endoscopy, pathology, and treatment

R. Fujita, J.R. Jass, M. Kaminishi, R.J. Schlemper9784431228721, 4431228721

Differences in the diagnostic criteria for early cancer of the gastrointestinal tract between Japan and Western countries have been an interesting issue for some time, physicians in Japan being much more inclined to give a diagnosis of cancer than their European and North American counterparts. This book addresses those differences by contrasting the views of Eastern and Western endoscopists and pathologists on 24 cases presented in Part I. The following sections examine and discuss the Vienna consensus criteria, early cancer in Barrett’s esophagus, early detection of cancers, endoscopic treatments, the natural course of early cancer, and diagnostic methods and treatments for early cancer. These all deal with esophagus, stomach, and colorectal cancers. This book will be an indispensable and unique resource for all pathologists, endoscopists, and surgeons who are involved in managing gastrointestinal cancer.

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Table of contents :
Early Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract……Page 1
Contents……Page 10
I. Case Presentations: Clinical Data, Endoscopy, and Pathology……Page 14
1. Introduction……Page 15
2. Early Cancer of the Stomach……Page 16
3. Early Cancer of the Colorectum……Page 75
4. Superficial Carcinoma of the Esophagus……Page 107
5. Comments on the Variability of the Diagnoses……Page 133
II. Vienna Consensus Criteria for Pathological Diagnosis……Page 135
1. Vienna Consensus Criteria for Pathological Diagnosis……Page 136
III. Early Neoplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus……Page 142
1. Early Neoplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus……Page 143
IV. Detection of Early Cancer: Is Endoscopic Ultrasonography Effective?……Page 157
1. Gastric Cancer……Page 158
2. Colorectal Cancer……Page 164
3. Esophageal Cancer……Page 169
4. Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer in Europe……Page 175
5. New Trends in Endoscopic Ultrasonography……Page 179
V. Endoscopic Treatment……Page 187
1. Gastric Cancer……Page 188
2. Colorectal Cancer……Page 192
3. Management of Colorectal Cancer by “Hot Biopsy” and Snare Resection……Page 197
4. Esophageal Cancer: Photodynamic Therapy……Page 202
5. Esophageal Cancer:Endoscopic Mucosal Resection……Page 208
VI. Natural Course of Early Cancer……Page 215
1. Gastric Cancer……Page 216
2. Colorectal Cancer: Retrospective, Prospective, and Histologic Observations……Page 222
3. Colorectal Cancer: Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Neoplasia……Page 229
4. Colorectal Cancer: The Importance of Depressed Lesions in the Development of Colorectal Cancer……Page 234
5. Natural Course of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus……Page 239
VII. Surgical Treatment and Survival Rate of Early Cancer……Page 246
1. Surgical Treatment and Survival Rate of Early Cancer……Page 247
Index……Page 261