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The Endoscopy‐Guided Plan of Radiotherapy for Detecting Esophageal Cancer Using Lugol Staining
Author(s) -
KOBAYASHI Hisataka,
ITOH Tsuyoshi,
MURATA Rumi,
NAOKI Masao,
MAEKAWA Takama,
SATAKE Hiroshi,
KAJITANI Yukio,
TANABE Masaya,
KOGAWA Kochu
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.1991.tb00313.x
Subject(s) - medicine , esophageal cancer , biopsy , endoscopy , radiation therapy , radiology , pathology , cancer
The Lugol staining method has recently come to play an important role in the detection of superficial esophageal cancers which are extremely difficult to detect using only a barium double‐contrasted esophagogram and/or a conventional esophagoscopy. We have therefore tested the endoscopy‐guided treatment by radiotherapy using Lugol stainings as a technique for detecting 8 lesions of esophageal cancers in 5 patients. This method was found to be useful for the detection of small intraepithelial lesions, such as intramural metastasis or multiple origin cancers. It is also useful in projecting the lesions accurately on the surface of the body of the patient and planning the radiotherapeutic treatment of the lesions. Additionally, it has been found useful in determining the definite shape of superficial malignant lesions in the evaluation of biopsy specimens taken from the border of the non‐stained regions.