Endoscopic resection (ER) of undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer (UD-EGC) has a lower curative resection (CR) rate than differentiated-type EGC. However, if UD-EGC is curatively resected using ER, long-term outcomes can be favorable. Thus, the strategy for CR by ER is imp...
Undifferentiated-type carcinoma has a high incidence of lymph node metastasis. The independent risk factors for lymph node metastasis in undifferentiated-type carcinoma are invasion depth, tumor size, lymphovascular invasion, and presence of ulcer. In the cases that meet the cur...
If a lesion does not meet the expanded indication criteria for treatment with endoscopic therapy for early gastric cancer or does not have a positive resection margin, it is regarded as suitable for non-curative resection. Non-curative resection is closely related to the risk of...
Combined obstruction of the bile duct and duodenum is a common occurrence in periampullary malignancies. The obstruction of gastric outlet or duodenum can follow, occur simultaneously, or precede biliary obstruction. The prognosis in patients with combined obstruction is particu...
ESCI Promotion
Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endosocpy is pleased to announce that Clinical Endoscopy has been accepted in indexing in Emerging Sources of Citation Index(ESCI), a new edition of Web of Science™ since 2015. This means that Clinical Endoscopy has passed an initial review and remains in consideration for indexing in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)™. Coverage of Clinical Endoscopy title begins with the journal content published online in 2016.
