The Next Endoscopic Frontier: Considering a Career in Resection Endoscopy

摘要

The endoscopic management of premalignant lesions and early gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is a rapidly expanding field. Pioneered in Asia and now spreading swiftly to the West, the refinement of endoscopic skill and development of endoscopic technology has allowed this subspecialty of interventional endoscopy to forge ahead in recent years with the emergence of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR), including submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection. As the endoscopic management of early neoplasia offers a noninvasive option to spare the cost, morbidity, and mortality of surgery, oftentimes in patients who are not fit for surgical intervention, the future of resection endoscopy is bright.1,2