Gastric cancer treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection or endoscopic mucosal resection in Japan from 2004 through 2006: JGCA nationwide registry conducted in 2013

摘要

Background The Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA) initiated a new nationwide gastric cancer registry in 2008 and reported the treatment outcomes of patients with primary gastric cancer who underwent surgical therapy in 2001 and 2003. However, the outcomes of endoscopic therapy have not been reported yet.