Laparoscopic lymph node sampling: a new concept for patients with high-risk early esophagogastric junction cancer resected endoscopically

Endoscopic resection is considered as curative treatment for early upper GI cancers under certain histologic (low-risk) criteria. In tumors not completely fulfilling these criteria but resected R0 endoscopically, esophagectomy is still advised due to an increased risk of lymph node (LN) metastases. However, the benefit-risk ratio especially in elderly patients at higher risk for radical surgery can be debated. We now present the outcome of our case series of laparoscopic lymph node sampling (LLS) in patients with T1 esophagogastric junction tumors, which had been completely resected by endoscopy but did not fulfill the low-risk criteria (G1/2, m, L0, V0).
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Source Type: research