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Indication for Endoscopic Resection of Early GI Cancers: Esophagus

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Endoscopic resection is the lowest invasive therapy which can be a curative treatment for the patient with early esophageal cancer. Understanding of indication for endoscopic resection is very important. This chapter indicates the indication with the latest recommendation for endoscopic resection of early esophageal cancer.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

    Kenichi Goda

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  1. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Philip W. Y. Chiu

  2. Gastrointestinal Center & Institute of minimally-invasive endoscopic care, Sano Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

    Yasushi Sano

  3. Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Endoscopy Training and Learning Center, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer & Cardiovascular Diseases, Higashinari-ku, Osaka, Japan

    Noriya Uedo

  4. Gastroenterology Department, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Rajvinder Singh

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Goda, K. (2021). Indication for Endoscopic Resection of Early GI Cancers: Esophagus. In: Chiu, P.W.Y., Sano, Y., Uedo, N., Singh, R. (eds) Endoscopy in Early Gastrointestinal Cancers, Volume 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6778-5_2

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