The preferred choice for radial endosonographic staging of esophageal cancer: Standard echoendoscope or nonoptic esophagoprobe?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1617-1622

  Vu, C ^a   Tsang, S ^b   Doig, L ^b   Meenan, J ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endoscopic ultrasound; Endosonography; Esophagoprobe; Esophagus; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 34548425185     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9206-z     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Beseth BD, Bedford R, Isacoff WH, Holmes CE, Cameron RB (2000) Endoscopic ultrasound does not accurately assess pathologic stage of esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Am Surg 66: 827-831
2. Bhutani MS, Hawes RH, Hoffman BJ (1997) A comparison of the accuracy of echo features during endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration for diagnosis of malignant lymph node invasion. Gastrointest Endosc 45: 474-479
3. Binmoeller KF, Seifert H, Seitz U, Izbicki JR, Kida M, Soehendra N (1995) Ultrasonic esophagoprobe for TNM staging of highly stenosing esophageal carcinoma. Gastrointest Endosc 41: 547-552
4. Botet JF, Lightdale CJA, Zauber G, Gerdes H, Urmacher C, Brennan MF (1991) Preoperative staging of esophageal cancer: comparison of endoscopic US and dynamic CT. Radiology 181: 419-425
5. Bowrey DJ, Clark GWB, Roberts SA, Maughan TS, Hawthorne AB, Williams GT, Carey PD (1999) Endosonographic staging of 100 consecutive patients with esophageal carcinoma: introduction of the 8-mm esophagoprobe. Dis Esophagus 12: 258-263
6. Catalano MF, Sivak MV Jr, Rice T, Gragg LA, Van Dam J (1994) Endosonographic features predictive of lymph node metastasis. Gastrointest Endosc 40: 442-446
7. Catalano MF, Van Dam J, Sivak MV Jr (1995) Malignant esophageal strictures: staging accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography. Gastrointest Endosc 41: 535-539
8. Chak A, Soweid A, Hoffman B, Stevens P, Hawes RH, Lightdale CJ, Cooper GS, Canto MI, Sivak MV Jr (1998) Clinical implications of endoluminal ultrasonography using through-the-scope catheter probes. Gastrointest Endosc 48: 485-490
9. Dittler HJ, Siewert JR (1993) Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in esophageal carcinoma. Endoscopy 25: 224-230
10. Grimm H, Binmoeller KF, Hamper K, Koch J, Henne-Bruns D, Soehendra N (1993) Endosonography for the preoperative locoregional staging of esophageal and gastric cancer. Endoscopy 25: 224-230
11. Hasegawa N, Niwa Y, Arisawa T, Hase S, Goto H, Hayakawa T (1996) Preoperative staging of superficial esophageal carcinoma: comparison of an ultrasound probe and standard endoscopic ultrasonography. Gastrointest Endosc 44: 388-393
12. Hordijk ML, Zander H, van Blankenstein M, Tilanus HW (1993) Influence of tumor stenosis on the accuracy of endosonography in preoperative T staging of esophageal cancer. Endoscopy 25: 171-175
13. Isenberg G, Chak A, Canto MI, Levitan N, Clayman J, Pollack BJ, Sivak MV Jr (1998) Endoscopic ultrasound in restaging of esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation. Gastrointest Endosc 48: 158-163
14. Kallimanis GE, Gupta PK, Al-Kawas FH, Tio LT, Benjamin SB, Bertagnolli ME, Nguyen CC, Gomes MN, Fleischer DE (1995) Endoscopic ultrasound for staging esophageal cancer, with or without dilation, is clinically important and safe. Gastrointest Endosc 41: 540-546
15. Kelly S, Harris KM, Berry E, Hutton J, Roderick P, Cullingworth J, Gathercole L, Smith MA (2001) A systematic review of the staging performance of endoscopic ultrasound in gastro-oesophageal carcinoma. Gut 49: 534-539
16. Langdon DF (1997) The rule of three in oesophageal dilatation. Gastrointest Endosc 45: 111
17. Mallery S, Van Dam J (1999) Increased rate of complete EUS staging of patients with esophageal cancer using the non-optical, wire-guided echoendoscope. Gastrointest Endosc 50: 53-57
18. Medical Research Council Oesophageal Cancer Working Party (2002) Surgical resection with or without preoperative chemotherapy in oesophageal cancer: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 359: 1727-1733
19. Menzel J, Hoepffner, Nottberg H, Schulz C, Senninger N, Domschke W (1999) Preoperative staging of esophageal carcinoma: miniprobe sonography versus conventional endoscopic ultrasound in a prospectively histopathologically verified study. Endoscopy 31: 291-297
20. Pfau PR, Ginsberg GG, Lew RJ, Faigel DO, Smith DB, Kochman ML (2000) Esophageal dilation for endosonographic evaluation of malignant esophageal strictures is safe and effective. Am J Gastroenterol 95: 2813-2815
21. Pfau PR, Ginsberg GG, Lew RJ, Brensinger CM, Kochman ML. (2001) EUS predictors of long-term survival in esophageal carcinoma. Gastrointest Endosc 53: 463-469
22. Quine MA, Bell GD, McCloy RF, Matthews HR (1995) Prospective audit of perforation rates following upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in two regions of England. Br J Surg 82: 530-533
23. Quint LE, Hepburn LM, Francis IR, Whyte RI, Orringer MB (1995) Incidence and distribution of distant metastases from newly diagnosed esophageal carcinoma. Cancer 76: 1120-1125
24. Rosch T (1995) Endosonographic staging of esophageal cancer: a review of literature results. Gastrointest Endosc Clin North Am 5: 537-547
25. Siemsen M, Svendsen LB, Knigge U, Vilmann P, Jensen F, Rasch L, Stentoft P (2003) A prospective randomized comparison of curved array and radial echoendoscopy in patients with esophageal cancer. Gastrointest Endosc 58: 671-676
26. Van Dam J, Rice TW, Catalano MF, Kirby T, Sivak MV Jr (1993) High-grade malignant stricture is predictive of esophageal tumor stage: risks of endosonographic evaluation. Cancer 71: 2910-2917
27. Van Dam J (1997) Endosonographic evaluation of the patient with esophageal cancer. Chest 112: 184S-90S
28. Vazquez-Sequeiros E, Norton ID, Clain JE, Wang KK, Affi A, Allen M, Deschamps C, Miller D, Salomao D, Wiersema MJ (2001) Impact of EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration on lymph node staging in patients with esophageal carcinoma. Gastrointest Endosc 53: 751-757
29. Vilgrain V, Mompoint D, Palazzo L, Menu Y, Gayet B, Oliier P, Nahum H, Fekete F (1991) Staging of oesophageal carcinoma: comparison of results with endoscopic sonography and CT. Am J Radiol 155: 277-281
30. Wallace MB, Hawes RH, Sahai AV, Van Velse A, Hoffman BJ (2000) Dilation of malignant esophageal stenosis to allow EUS guided fine-needle aspiration: safety and effect on patient management. Gastrointest Endosc 51: 309-313
31. Zuccaro G Jr, Rice TW, Goldblum J, Medendorp SV, Becker M, Pimental R, Gitlin L, Adelstein DJ (1999) Endoscopic ultrasound cannot determine suitability for esophagectomy after aggressive chemo-therapy for esophageal cancer. Am J Gastroenterol 94: 906-912