The future developments in upper GI cancer
- 1Department of Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
- 2Department of Surgery, Biophotonics Research Unit, Gloucester, UK
- Correspondence to Professor Hugh Barr, Department of Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, UK; hugh.barr{at}glos.nhs.uk
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Contributors HB wrote the paper and references. MA collected some data and revised the manuscript.
- Received 10 January 2012
- Accepted 12 February 2012
Abstract
The ageing population and changes in incidence of upper gastrointestinal cancer will have profound changes for our management of these patients. There is much debate as how to bring forward the diagnosis of early mucosal cancer that may be curable using endoscopy or by surgery. In the older more frail patients, early disease will often be controlled by endoscopic resection and ablation therapy.
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Competing interests None.
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Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
