Endoscopic options for early stage esophageal cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Shah, P. M.; Gerdes, H. |
| Article Title: | Endoscopic options for early stage esophageal cancer |
| Abstract: | Surgery has traditionally been the preferred treatment for early stage esophageal cancer. Recent advances in endoscopic treatments have been shown to be effective and safe. Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) allow endoscopists to remove small, superficial lesions, providing tumor specimen that can be examined for accurate pathologic tumor staging and assessment of adequacy of resection. Endoscopic ablation procedures, including photodynamic therapy (PDT) and radio frequency ablation (RFA), have also been shown to safely and effectively treat esophageal dysplasia and early stage neoplasia, with excellent long-term disease control. Both approaches are becoming more widely available around the world, and provide an alternative, safe, low risk strategy for treating early stage disease, making combined endoscopic therapy the recommended treatment of choice for early stage esophageal cancers. © Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company. |
| Keywords: | cancer survival; treatment response; surgical technique; histopathology; review; cancer recurrence; cancer staging; diagnostic accuracy; safety; clinical effectiveness; cancer classification; radiofrequency ablation; esophagus cancer; endoscopy; photodynamic therapy; yttrium; confocal laser microscopy; esophageal cancer; low level laser therapy; aminolevulinic acid; endoscopic mucosal resection; endoscopic submucosal dissection; argon plasma coagulation; endoscope; chromoendoscopy; esophagus stenosis; human; radiofrequency ablation device; high grade dysplasia (hgd); endoscopic submucosal dissection (esd); endoscopic mucosal resection (emr); radio frequency ablation (rfa); neodymium; high definition white light endoscopy; photodynamic therapy device |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 2078-6891 |
| Publisher: | Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company |
| Date Published: | 2015-02-01 |
| Start Page: | 20 |
| End Page: | 30 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2014.096 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC4294829 |
| PUBMED: | 25642334 |
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| Notes: | Review -- Export Date: 6 December 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
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