Ludovico Alfarone

Background: The adoption of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) as the main option for large colorectal lesions is still limited in the West. A recent high-quality study showed colorectal ESD has been proved equally safe and more effective than piecemeal endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)…

AIMS Endoscopic characterization aims to predict the histology of a lesion and thus the risk of cancer. This characterization step is essential, especially in the case of large superficial colorectal lesions, as the choice of resection technique directly depends on it…