Open AccessWhy is endosonography insufficient for residual diagnosis after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer? Solutions using muscle layer evaluation
Author(s) -
Shohei Yonemoto,
Masaya Uesato,
Akira Nakano,
Kentaro Murakami,
Takeshi Toyozumi,
Tetsuro Maruyama,
Hiroshi Suito,
Tomohide Tamachi,
Masumi Kato,
Shunsuke Kainuma,
Keisuke Matsusaka,
Hisahiro Matsubara
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v14.i5.320
Subject(s) - medicine , neoadjuvant therapy , esophageal cancer , echogenicity , radiology , endoscopic ultrasound , esophagectomy , muscular layer , ultrasound , cancer , pathological , pathology , breast cancer
The diagnosis of residual tumors using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer is considered challenging. However, the reasons for this difficulty are not well understood.