The value of imaging tools in staging esophageal carcinoma before therapy
- VernacularTitle:影像手段对食管癌治疗前分期的价值
- Author:
Jianhua FU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
esophageal carcinoma;
imaging tools;
staging
- From:China Oncology
2001;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Exact staging is the important basic tool for choosing reasonable therapy,and accurate staging is also critical for prognosis evaluation,comparison of different therapies and information communication.As the imaging methods for staging of esophageal carcinoma before therapy,CT,MRI,EUS,PET and PET/CT are different in sensitivity,specificity and accuracy for different regions and different organs,depending on the different imaging mechanism.Combination of different methods is the practical way to improve the accuracy of staging.Combining EUS with CT seems to be a practical and precise way.
