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Endoscopic Approaches for Prophylactic Purposes

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The improvement of endoscopy aims to decrease the probability of skip lesions and increase the accuracy of diagnosis. The improvement of technology and widespread use of endoscopy caused it to be used for follow-up and therapeutic purposes. Although, the terms prophylactic endoscopy or endoscopic prophylaxis are not used in literature; endoscopic procedures include prophylactic procedures. Removal of a suspicious or premalignant polyp by endoscopic polypectomy is cancer prophylaxis.

Endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal system (GIS) bleeding, dilation of stenosis, stenting, invasive procedures like ERCP and EUS decreased the number of surgical interventions.

Advanced procedures like endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) allow prophylaxis and treatment of early cancers. In this chapter, endoscopic procedures used in prophylaxis are discussed.

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Karahan, Ö., Sevinç, B. (2021). Endoscopic Approaches for Prophylactic Purposes. In: Dilek, O.N., Uranues, S., Latifi, R. (eds) Prophylactic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66853-2_39

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