Journal of Digestive Cancer Research

Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research (대한소화기암연구학회)
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Possibility and Limitation of Endoscopic Treatment in Early Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma

위의 인환세포암(Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma)에서 내시경적 절제술: 가능성과 한계점

  • Sun Hyung Kang (Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Hyun Yong Jeong (Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine)
  • 강선형 (충남대학교 의과대학/의학전문대학원 내과학교실) ;
  • 정현용 (충남대학교 의과대학/의학전문대학원 내과학교실)
  • Received : 2018.11.27
  • Accepted : 2018.12.10
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

Gastric signet ring cell carcinoma (SRC) is a poorly differentiated or undifferentiated cancer of the stomach. However, early gastric SRC showed lower LN metastasis in many studies, thus some endoscopists now regard early gastric SRC as a candidate for endoscopic treatment. But there are unsolved problems of the validity of endoscopic resection in early gastric SRC. In this review, we will comprehensively review the previous clinical studies and discuss the limitation of current studies and the possibility of endoscopic resection of early gastric SRC.

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