Systematic review and meta-analysis of endoscopic ultrasonography in staging diagnosis of esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinically, it is necessary to evaluate the overall situation of the tumor before treatment, understand the disease stage of the patient, and choose the most reasonable treatment plan. Therefore, it is necessary to seek an efficient and accurate staging diagnosis method. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is widely used in staging esophageal cancer, but its accuracy will be affected by the experience of endoscopic diagnosis physicians.

Methods

Computer retrieval PubMed, MEDLINE, EBSCO, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). Relevant literatures published from the database establishment to January 2022 were searched using "Endoscopic ultrasound, esophageal cancer, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, diagnosis, tumor node metastasis" a

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9459206 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature