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Endoscopy 2008; 40(10): 862-867
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077588
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Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of upper gastrointestinal tumors

M.  Polkowski1
  • 1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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Publication Date:
30 September 2008 (online)

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Introduction

At the 2008 Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) that took place in San Diego, California, a substantial amount of research on advanced endoscopic techniques for diagnosing and treating tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract was presented ([Fig. 1]). In this review, we discuss the final or interim findings of 21 selected papers that focused on new developments in the diagnosis of cancer and precancerous lesions [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6], endotherapy for early cancer and precancerous lesions [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18], and endotherapy of advanced cancer [19] [20] [21].

Fig. 1 One hundred seventy-nine abstracts on endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of upper gastrointestinal tumors presented at Digestive Diseases Week 2008 organized according to topic. ESD, endoscopic submucosal dissection; EMR, endoscopic mucosal resection.

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M. PolkowskiMD 

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Medical Center for Postgraduate Education
M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology

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02-781 Warsaw
Poland

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Email: m.polkowski@coi.waw.pl