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[Argon plasma coagulation in a patient with early diagnosis of gastric carcinoma]
T Starzyńska1, A Białek, M Ławniczak
1Zakładu Patomorfologii Pomorskiej AM w Szczecinie.
Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski : Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
Argon plasma coagulation (APC) has been introduced for the local endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal malignancy recently. It is mainly used as a palliative therapy, especially in case of stenosis. Despite a lot of publications concerning APC the clinical usefulness of this method in a small malignant tumors remains unclear. The patient with early diagnosed carcinoma of gastric, efficiently treated using argon plasma coagulation is described.