Endoscopy in Early Gastrointestinal Cancers, Vol. 1: Diagnosis

Pathology of early / superficial gastrointestinal cancer.- Diagnosis of superficial esophageal neoplasia: Endoscopic diagnosis & classification.- Diagnosis of early gastric cancer: Endoscopic diagnosis & classification.- Diagnosis of early colorectal carcinoma: Endoscopic diagnosis & classification.- Diagnosis of Barretts esophagitis and early adenocarcinoma.- Novel endoscopic technology for diagnosing and staging early GI cancers.- Case Atlas and illustrations.

Endoscopy in Early Gastrointestinal Cancers, Volume 1: Diagnosis provides detailed information of the technique of novel endoscopic diagnostic tools including magnifying endoscopy, narrow band imaging system (NBI), autofluorescence endoscopy (AFI), endocytoscopy, FICE and confocal endomicroscopy.

Carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract remained a major health issue worldwide, which is, however notoriously difficult to treat. One of the major reasons for such a poor result is that these cancers are diagnosed at advanced stage. There is a recent increase in the number of gastrointestinal cancers diagnosed at early stage. This is attributed to an increasing recognition of these early stage cancers through a recent development in the technology of endoscopy. This book on the endoscopic diagnosis of early GI neoplasia, containing lots of illustrations, artwork and numerous short video clips, serves as a bridge between the recent development in endoscopy and the knowledge of gastroenterologist, endoscopist and surgeons.

Philip WY Chiu is a professor at the Division of Upper GI Surgery, the Department of Surgery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China. He is also the director of CUHK Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Center and Chow Yuk Ho Technology Center for Innovative Medicine.

Yasushi Sano is a professor, director and chief of the Gastrointestinal Center & Institute of minimally-invasive endoscopic care (iMEC), Sano Hospital, Kobe, Japan.

Noriya Uedo is a professor and director of the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Endoscopy Training and Learning Center, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer & Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan.

Rajvinder Singh is a professor and director of Gastroenterology Department, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.