Endoscopic resection is more effective than biopsy or EUS to detect residual rectal neuroendocrine tumor

Conclusions Localized rectal NETs may be incompletely removed with standard polypectomy. If an advanced resection is not performed initially, repeat endoscopy with salvage EMR or ESD of the scar should be considered. For small rectal NETs, biopsy may miss residual disease when there is no visible lesion and EUS appears to have no benefit. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  open access Full text

Source: Endoscopy International Open - January 1, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Stier, Matthew W. Chapman, Christopher G. Shamah, Steven Donboli, Kianoush Yassan, Lindsay Waxman, Irving Siddiqui, Uzma D. Tags: Original article Source Type: research