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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Diseases of the colon & rectum 37 (1994), S. 1108-1111 
    ISSN: 1530-0358
    Keywords: Endoscopic mucosal resection ; Endoscopic polypectomy ; Flat adenoma ; Flat cancer
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract PURPOSE: Endoscopic mucosal resection, which is a new option for endoscopic polypectomy of colorectal polyps without stalks, was evaluated on its usefulness in polypectomy. METHODS: Three hundred thirty-seven lesions, which were removed by endoscopic mucosal resection between January 1990 and January 1993, were studied. The endoscopic configuration of neoplastic lesions were classified into four types: flat, sessile, large sessile with distinct lobulations, and semipedunculated. RESULTS: The 337 lesions included 243 adenomas, 30 mucosal cancers, 13 submucosal cancers, 3 carcinoids, 43 hyperplastic polyps, and 5 inflammatory polyps. Of the 286 neoplastic lesions, excluding 3 carcinoids, 137 were flat, 81 were sessile, 18 were large sessile, and 50 were semipedunculated. The 137 flat lesions consisted of 125 adenomas, 10 mucosal cancers, and 2 submucosal cancers. The rate of complete removal was related to their size and configuration and was 87 percent in flat neoplastic lesions. Lesion diameters of greater than 20 mm and the large sessile-type configurations were factors that were associated with incomplete removal. Two (0.7 percent) cases were complicated by perforations, and one (0.4 percent) case was complicated by bleeding. CONCLUSION: Endoscopic mucosal resection is an useful option for complete removal of colorectal nonpolypoid adenomas and cancers.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1530-0358
    Keywords: Early rectal carcinoma ; Lymph node metastasis ; Endoscopic treatment ; Quality of life
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract PURPOSE: This study was undertaken to clarify the indications for endoscopic treatment. METHODS: Clinical and pathologic features of 191 lesions in 180 patients with early rectal carcinoma were examined, including 110 intramucosal carcinomas and 81 carcinomas with submucosal invasion (submucosal carcinomas). All lesions had been endoscopically or surgically resected at the National Cancer Center Hospital between 1976 and 1990. RESULTS: Metastasis to regional lymph nodes (LN metastasis) was seen in 0 percent (0/39) of intramucosal carcinomas and 9.2 percent (6/65) of submucosal carcinomas in the surgically treated patients. The incidence of LN metastasis was higher for lesions larger than 10 mm in diameter, for those showing massive submucosal invasion, and for moderately differentiated adenocarcinomas. LN metastases were associated significantly with lymphatic invasion. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that early rectal carcinomas should be resected surgically if they 1) show massive submucosal invasion, 2) are classified as moderately differentiated adenocarcinomas, and 3) are larger than 10 mm in diameter. In patients with both scanty submucosal invasion and features of well-differentiated adenocarcinoma or intramucosal carcinoma and if no other risk factors for LN metastasis are present, such as lymphatic invasion by the primary lesion, surveillance may suffice after endoscopic resection.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1436-3305
    Keywords: Key word Gastric cancer ; Chemotherapy ; Long-term survival
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background. Despite recent developments in chemotherapeutic trials, the long-term results of chemotherapy remain to be clarified. We evaluated the impact of chemotherapy on long-term survival in patients with unresectable gastric cancer. Methods. Between 1985 and 1991, a total of 363 patients with gastric cancer were enrolled into a single randomized phase II study and into three series of phase II studies of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group. The chemotherapy regimens consisted of tegafur + mitomycin C (FTM), uracil-tegafur + mitomycin C (UFTM), 5′deoxy-flurorouridine + cisplatin (5′P), etoposide + doxorubicin + cisplatin (EAP), and 5-fluorouracil + cisplatin (FP). After a review of the 363 patients' case records, 226 patients who fulfilled the criteria of having "unresectable" factors prior to chemotherapy became the subjects for this analysis. Of the 226 patients, 50 were in the FTM regimen group, 39, in the UFTM; 49, in the 5′P; 42, in the EAP; and 46, in the FP group. Survival was updated continually. Results. Of the 226 patients, 22 (10%) survived longer than 2 years, and 8 (4%) have survived longer than 5 years. The 8 5-year survivors consisted of 6 patients who had para-aortic node metastases alone as an "unresectable factor", 1 who had para-aortic and cervical node metastases, and the remaining patient who had liver metastasis alone. Twenty-nine patients with para-aortic node metastasis alone had a significantly longer survival than the other 197 patients (P 〈 0.001). Conclusion. Systemic chemotherapy may offer some hope of achieving long-term survival in patients with unresectable gastric cancer, particularly when the patient has metastasis only to para-aortic nodes.
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