Table 1 Points in favour of endoscopic resection of early oesophageal carcinoma.

Surgery1,2,3,4,20	Endoscopic resection16,17,18,19
Morbidity 18–48%	Low morbidity (1–3%) and mortality (0%)
Mortality 2–20%	Low risk of lymph‐node metastasis in low‐risk mucosal carcinomas (0% in Barrett's cancer; 0–10% in squamous cell cancer)
Reduced quality of life	Organ preservation, quality of life not compromised