Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Mucosal Neoplasms in the Oesophagus

Zentralbl Chir. 2024 Mar 6. doi: 10.1055/a-2258-0531. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTEndoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosis of oesophageal cancer and its precursor lesions. Besides this, endoscopy treatment of these precursor lesions and early oesophageal cancer has been well evaluated and established. This includes dysplastic lesions associated with Barrett's oesophagus and early adenocarcinoma, as well as early squamous cell cancer of the oesophagus. The role of endoscopy for diagnosis and treatment of these lesions is summarised.PMID:38447951 | DOI:10.1055/a-2258-0531
Source: Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research