Open AccessEndoscopic ultrasonography in preoperative staging of gastric cancer: determination of tumor invasion depth, nodal involvement and surgical resectability
Author(s) -
Weidong Xi,
Cong Zhao,
Guosheng Ren
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v9.i2.254
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , endoscopic ultrasonography , radiology , cancer , adenocarcinoma , pathological staging , cancer staging , t stage , pathological , endoscopic ultrasound , endoscopy , paleontology , biology
Current study was aimed to evaluate the usefulness of EUS in TNM staging of gastric cancer by comparing EUS preoperative staging with pathological findings, and the preliminary exploration of possible reasons for overstaging and understaging phenomenon was especially intended.