Detecting Advanced Esophageal Cancer by Point of Care Ultrasonography.

ABSTRACT: Esophageal cancer (EC) is the 8^th-most common cancer and the 6^th-most common cause of death worldwide in 2020. Patients with EC might present with a variety of symptoms, such as chest tightness, retrosternal pain, acid regurgitation, heartburn sensation, dyspnea, cough, recurrent pneumonia, hoarseness, dysphagia, and weight loss, which make early diagnosing EC extremely difficult. Currently, the golden diagnostic tool of EC remains endoscopic biopsy. However, in patient suspected advanced EC, point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) could be a first-line screening tool. By three zones of esophageal sonography including esophageal inlet, middle third segment of esophagus just beneath the cardiac chambers, and esophagogastric junction, we could be able to detect sonographi

SUBMITTER: Chen CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414965 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature