PMID: 32677388Nov 1, 2018Paper

Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Treatment of Early Esophageal Cancer and Precancerous Lesions

Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition
Tao GanJin-Lin Yang

Abstract

Esophageal cancer is a common malignancy of digestive tract, and its prognosis is closely related to early diagnosis and treatment. In recent years, with the development of endoscopic diagnosis and treatment technology, especially the breakthrough progress of new endoscopic equipments, the detection rate of early esophageal cancer and precancerous lesions is significantly improved, and more and more patients with early esophageal cancer can be treated with minimally invasive endoscopic treatment. At present, endoscopic dissection has become the preferred treatment for early esophageal cancer and precancerous lesions. The advantages is not only less traumatic than traditional surgery, but also retain the physiological structure of esophagus, achieve accurate postoperative pathology and better postoperative quality of life of patients. However, endoscopic minimally invasive treatment in progress also face new problems to be solved, such as how to deal with multifocal esophageal lesions, how to estimate esophageal lesions infiltration depth and lymph node metastasis risk accurately, how to understand the discrepancy between biopsy and postoperative pathology, how to deal with the positive resection margins as well as intraoperativ...Continue Reading

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