Differences in the diagnostic criteria for early cancer of the gastrointestinal tract between Japan and Western countries have been an interesting issue for some time, physicians in Japan being much more inclined to give a diagnosis of cancer than their European and North American counterparts. This book addresses those differences by contrasting the views of Eastern and Western endoscopists and pathologists on 24 cases presented in Part I. The following sections examine and discuss the Vienna consensus criteria, early cancer in Barretts esophagus, early detection of cancers, endoscopic treatments, the natural course of early cancer, and diagnostic methods and treatments for early cancer. These all deal with esophagus, stomach, and colorectal cancers. This book will be an indispensable and unique resource for all pathologists, endoscopists, and surgeons who are involved in managing gastrointestinal cancer.
Case Presentations: Clinical Data, Endoscopy, and Pathology.- Early Cancer of the Stomach (Cases 112).- Early Cancer of the Colorectum (Cases 1319).- Superficial Carcinoma of the Esophagus (Cases 2024).- Comments on the Variability of the Diagnoses.- Vienna Consensus Criteria for Pathological Diagnosis.- Vienna Consensus Criteria for Pathological Diagnosis.- Early Neoplasia in Barretts Esophagus.- Early Neoplasia in Barretts Esophagus.- Detection of Early Cancer: Is Endoscopic Ultrasonography Effective?.- Gastric Cancer.- Colorectal Cancer.- Esophageal Cancer.- Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer in Europe.- New Trends in Endoscopic Ultrasonography.- Endoscopic Treatment.- Gastric Cancer.- Colorectal Cancer.- Management of Colorectal Cancer by Hot Biopsy and Snare Resection.- Esophageal Cancer: Photodynamic Therapy.- Esophageal Cancer: Endoscopic Mucosal Resection.- Natural Course of Early Cancer.- Gastric Cancer.- Colorectal Cancer: Retrospective, Prospective, and Histologic Observations.- Colorectal Cancer: Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Neoplasia.- Colorectal Cancer: The Importance of Depressed Lesions in the Development of Colorectal Cancer.- Natural Course of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus.- Surgical Treatment and Survival Rate of Early Cancer.- Surgical Treatment and Survival Rate of Early Cancer.
