Background Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is proposed as an accurate diagnostic device for
the locoregional staging of gastric cancer, which is crucial to developing a correct …

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the leading types of cancer worldwide, particularly in East
Asian populations. Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection has been established as a major risk …

Background Peroral esophageal myotomy (POEM) is a novel endoscopic operation for the
treatment of achalasia. Few POEM outcome data exist, and no study has compared POEM …

The prognosis for gastric cancer depends on its stage; so, detection in the early stage of
disease is important, when complete and curative removal is possible. Accurate diagnosis …

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) represents a significant advance in therapeutic
endoscopy with the major advantage being the ability to achieve a higher en bloc resection …

Background & Aims After endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of colorectal lesions,
delayed bleeding is the most common serious complication, but there are no guidelines for …

The technique of en bloc removal of superficial gastric tumors was described as early as
1988 and is now credited as the first attempt at an endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) …

Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy Versus Laparoscopic Heller Myoto... : Medicine Per-Oral
Endoscopic Myotomy Versus Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Achalasia: A Meta-Analysis of …

In the last years, an increasing interest has been raised on non-polypoid colorectal tumors
(NPT) and in particular on large flat neoplastic lesions beyond 10 mm tending to grow …

The incidence rate of gastric cancer is much higher in Asia than in the Western industrial
nations. According to the different screening programs in Japan and Korea about fifty …