Novel imaging techniques in staging oesophageal cancer

Staging of oesophageal cancer

Staging of oesophageal cancer

Diagnosis of oesophageal cancer is usually made at endoscopic biopsy. Imaging is used to stage the tumour, assess response to therapy, and detect complications of therapy and recurrence. For therapy planning, differentiation of resectable (T1-T3, N0, localised N1) versus irresectable disease (T4, extensive N1, M1) is important. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is the method of choice for diagnosing ...

Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Oesophageal Cancer (Staging) Printed from Diagnostic Imaging Pathways www.imagingpathways.health.wa.gov.au © Government of Western Australia Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Oesophageal Cancer (Staging)

This pathway provides guidance on imaging patients with proven oesophageal cancer, indicating how imaging helps determine management. Date reviewed: March 2015 Date of next review: 2017/2018 Published: July 2015 Quick User Guide Move the mouse cursor over the PINK text boxes inside the flow chart to bring up a pop up box with salient points. Clicking on the PINK text box will bring up the full ...

Fusion Imaging: A Novel Staging Modality in Testis Cancer

OBJECTIVE Computed tomography and chest radiographs provide the standard imaging for staging, treatment, and surveillance of testicular germ cell neoplasms. Positron emission tomography has recently been utilized for staging, but is somewhat limited in its ability to provide anatomic localization. Fusion imaging combines the metabolic information provided by positron emission tomography with th...

Evaluation of endosonography in TN staging of oesophageal cancer.

Strategies for the treatment of cancer of the oesophagus depend on the tumour stage at the time of diagnosis. Resection, the only curative treatment, is confined to early tumour stages. Tumours with local infiltration are usually unresectable and require palliative treatment. Computed tomography has been widely used for preoperative staging but often fails to define this correctly. Endoscopic u...