Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Gastric Tube Carcinoma after Esophagectomy Contributes to Long-Term Outcomes

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Clinical course after endoscopic submucosal dissection of gastric tube carcinoma. Curative and noncurative resections were performed in 14 and 15 patients, respectively. Among the patients who underwent curative resection, eight patients were alive, whereas six patients died of other causes. The patients who underwent noncurative resection were observed without additional surgery. Among them, two with positive vertical margins had local recurrence, one died of gastric tube carcinoma, and eight died of other causes. MO, metachronous occurrence; SO, synchronous occurrence; LVI, lymphovascular invasion; SM2, 500 μm or deeper invasion from the submucosa; and MP, muscularis propria.