The Indication of Endoscopic Therapy for Early Gastric Cancer

(Comparisons of Electrocauterization Therapy and Laser Photocoagulation Therapy)

Abstract

We have performed endoscopic therapy for thirty lesions in twenty three cases of early gastric cancer. I would like to summarize that endoscopic therapy is very useful for the treatment of early gastric cancer patients to whom surgical laparotomy is not applicable; Second, high frequency current is indicated for the endoscopic treatment of resectable, salvageable lesions and laser rays for unresectable lesions. The effect of endoscopic therapy on the well-differentiated type of elevated early gastric cancer can be expected. Conversely, the closely observation are essential for the undifferenciated type of depressed early gastric cancer after endoscopic therapy.