Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Department of Endoscopy Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Our department has 5 upper gastrointestinal staff members, 4 lower gastrointestinal staff members, and 4 staff members who concurrently work at the Cancer Screening Center, as well as oncology fellows, residents, and elective residents, who specialize in gastrointestinal endoscopy and routinely perform endoscopic examinations and treatments. We hold individual intradepartmental conferences (meetings for review and discussion) for esophageal, gastric, duodenal, and colorectal diseases, followed by extradepartmental conferences with the surgery departments. We also hold conferences with the pathology department to discuss the results after treatment. We actively participate participate in academic conferences and study groups, giving presentations and live demonstrations both in Japan and abroad.
Our department has a long history. When the National Cancer Center Hospital first opened in 1962, the department was just a small section of the basement where the gastroscopy team, including Takao Sakita and Yanao Oguro of the Department of Internal Medicine, performed examinations. It has since become a leader in the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy in Japan.
Diseases we treat
Our department mainly performs endoscopic treatment of the following diseases (Links go to Cancer Information Service pages.):
We have particular expertise in the following treatments:
- Endoscopic treatments for early gastric cancer, especially endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)
- Diagnosis, polypectomy, and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) using magnifying endoscopy for colorectal tumors and early colorectal cancer
- ESD for early colorectal cancer
- EMR and ESD for superficial esophageal cancer
For more information on these treatments, please refer to “Our unique approaches: Minimally invasive endoscopic treatment of early cancer” (in preparation).
We also offer outpatient appointments for second opinions.
Our unique approaches
- Minimally invasive endoscopic treatment of early cancer (in preparation)
- Medical device development leveraging AI technology (in preparation)
- Research projects New
- Global expansion of endoscopic technology (in preparation)
- Staff development and education (in preparation)
- Realizing the vision of patient-centered team medicine (in preparation)
Our department offers tours for residents and visiting international physicians. Please contact our division chief Yutaka Saito at ytsaito at ncc.go.jp if you wish to apply for our residency program.
