Endoscopic mucosal resection of early oesophageal cancer using simple loop technique

Introduction: Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is now thoroughly established as a therapeutic method for early oesophageal cancer. In appropriately selected patients, EMR provides a comparable outcome to traditional surgical operations. Patients And Methods: Four patients with superficial oesophageal cancer were treated by simple snare resection. These selected patients had distinct backgrounds, one of them was found during the routine examination for treated esophageal varices, the second case was diagnosed during cancer surveillance of partial esophagectomy, the third one was known to have underlying Barrett…