Gastrointestinal Cancer Atlas for Endoscopic Therapy

About this atlas

Since a number of mucosal digestive tract cancer detected has increased in recent years with an advance of endoscopic instruments, endoscopic treatment of digestive tract cancer is widely spread in Japan but not in other countries. Minute cancers seem to have own characteristic mucosal signs compared with benign lesions. Therefore, strategies, those are different in Japan from other countries, of endoscopic diagnosis are very important.
The cancer institute hospital of JFCR (Japan foundation of cancer research) is one of the top institutions which do the best endoscopic treatment in Japan. This book is expected to be the first valuable atlas in which the abundant experiences of this hospital offer beautiful photographs of minute cancers without any scars of biopsies which change aspects of original lesions. This book also offer pictures of magnifying endoscopy using NBI (Narrow Band Imaging) and pathological findings.

Written for: Gastroenterologists

Keywords:

• Endoscopy
• Gastroenterology
• Minute Digestive Cancer
• Oncology

Table of contents

Part I: Esophagus
Keys to Diagnosis of Small and Minute Esophageal Cancer Including Diagnosis by Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow Band Imaging
Case Presentations

Part II: Stomach
Endoscopic Diagnosis of Early Small and Minute Gastric Cancer
Diagnosis of Minute Gastric Cancer by Narrow Band Imaging
Endoscopic Treatment of Minute Gastric Cancer in cases of a Disappearing-Cancer Biopsy
Case Presentations: Early Gastric Cancer
Case Presentations: Carcinoid

Part III: Colon
Endoscopic Diagnosis of Small and Minute Colorectal Cancers
Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow Band Imaging for Diagnosis of Early Colorectal Cancer
Case Presentations