Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Low Rates of Metastases in Mucosal Cancers with Poor Differentiation

Endoscopic resection (ER) is accepted as standard treatment for intramucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) with well or moderate differentiation. Poor differentiation (PD) is judged as a risk factor for lymph node metastasis (LNM) and surgery is recommended. However, the evidence for this recommendation is weak. Study aim was to analyze the clinical course of patients after ER of EAC with PD.

Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - March 11, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Andreas Probst, Felix Kappler, Alanna Ebigbo, David Albers, Siegbert Faiss, Ingo Steinbr ück, Andreas Wannhoff, Hans-Peter Allgaier, Ulrike Denzer, Viktor Rempel, Roland Reinehr, Dani Dakkak, Matthias Mende, Jürgen Pohl, Tina Schaller, Bruno Märkl, Ann Source Type: research