Accurate diagnosis and staging are essential for the optimal management of cancer
patients. Positron emission tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[fluorine-18] fluoro-D-glucose …

AIM: To evaluate the accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the staging of esophageal
cancer. METHODS: Only EUS studies confirmed by surgery were selected. Articles were …

Background Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has been a useful method for the accurate
staging of esophageal cancer. This study aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of …

BACKGROUND: Although conventional endoscopy is a good diagnostic tool to evaluate
tumor depth (T staging) in early gastric cancer (EGC), its accuracy has not been determined …

Since its advent in the 1980s endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has played an important role in
the diagnosis, staging, and therapeutic management of various gastrointestinal …

PURPOSE: The Gastro-Intestinal Working Party of the EORTC Radiation Oncology Group
(GIWP-ROG) developed guidelines for target volume definition in neoadjuvant radiation of …

Background Squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma account for more than 90% of
all esophageal cancer cases. Although the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma has …

Oesophageal cancer is the 7th most common cause of cancer-related death in the
developed world and the incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma is now the fastest …

Background Preoperative stratification is critical for the management of patients with
esophageal cancer (EC). To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of PET-CT-based …

Purpose: FDG-PET/CT has proven to be useful in the staging process of esophageal
tumours. This review analysed the role of FDG-PET/CT in tumour delineation and …