Present state and measures of Barrett's cancer in Japan |
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Authors: | Nishi Takayuki Makuuchi Hiroyasu Shimada Hideo Chino Osamu Yamamoto Soichiro Hara Tadashi |
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Institution: | Department of Digestive Surgery, Toukai University School of Medicine. |
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Abstract: | Barrett's adenocarcinoma is common esophageal cancer in western countries but very rare in Japan. We reviewed 206 cases of Barrett's cancer in Japanese literature that issued from 2000 to 2004. 80% of them were superficial cancer. There was no mucosal Barrett's cancer with lymph nodes metastasis, therefore EMR (endoscopic mucosal resection) method is an appropriate way for mucosal cancer. Barrett's cancer with submucosal invasion occur lymph nodes metastasis, so surgical operation should be applied for deeper invasion to submucosal cancer. |
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