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Esophageal cancer N staging study with endoscopic ultrasonography

  • Authors:
    • Yueming Zhang
    • Shun He
    • Lizhou Dou
    • Yong Liu
    • Yan Ke
    • Xinying Yu
    • Zhu Wang
    • Guiqi Wang

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  • Published online on: November 16, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9716
  • Pages: 863-870

  • Copyright : © Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY 4.0].

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Abstract

Esophageal cancer staging is important for the treatment of esophageal cancer. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is a common diagnostic tool for esophageal cancer prior to surgery. However, EUS is unable to accurately discriminate the N‑staging of lymph nodes. In order to distinguish an optimized standard for malignant lymph node diagnosis, the present study compared lymph nodes detected by EUS and surgery. A total of 112 patients were preoperatively examined with EUS and staged according to the 7th Edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual. The results of EUS were compared with surgical findings. The critical values of long diameter, short diameter and lymph node number detected by EUS were >7.5, >5.5 mm and >2, respectively; indexes, including long diameter >7.5 mm, short diameter >5.5 mm, round, low echo, edge smooth, near lesion and detected lymph node number (>2) and T3/4 staging, met significance in the EUS group compared with the surgical group (P<0.05). Furthermore, the area under curve (AUC) value of the EUS (0.801) was superior to the conventional, surgical method (0.779). Although EUS improved the diagnostic accuracy of esophageal N staging, it was not able to satisfactorily distinguish between N2 and N3 staging. Advancements in EUS may enhance its detection ability, further improving the diagnostic accuracy of lymph node metastasis.
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Zhang Y, He S, Dou L, Liu Y, Ke Y, Yu X, Wang Z and Wang G: Esophageal cancer N staging study with endoscopic ultrasonography. Oncol Lett 17: 863-870, 2019
APA
Zhang, Y., He, S., Dou, L., Liu, Y., Ke, Y., Yu, X. ... Wang, G. (2019). Esophageal cancer N staging study with endoscopic ultrasonography. Oncology Letters, 17, 863-870. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9716
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Zhang, Y., He, S., Dou, L., Liu, Y., Ke, Y., Yu, X., Wang, Z., Wang, G."Esophageal cancer N staging study with endoscopic ultrasonography". Oncology Letters 17.1 (2019): 863-870.
Chicago
Zhang, Y., He, S., Dou, L., Liu, Y., Ke, Y., Yu, X., Wang, Z., Wang, G."Esophageal cancer N staging study with endoscopic ultrasonography". Oncology Letters 17, no. 1 (2019): 863-870. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9716