At our institution (Harbor-UCLA), EUS is used for a stage-dependent treatment protocol in the following way: To reliably diagnose stage T4 esophageal cancer (Figure 7) where tumor infiltrates into ...

Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and endoscopic submucosal dissection of the tumor. Patients also have access to National Cancer Institute-sponsored esophageal cancer ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection or ESD is an advanced endoscopic procedure that allows for the complete removal of early tumors and cancers of the esophagus, stomach and rectum. In 2015, trained ...

[43] In addition to enhancements in diagnostic accuracy, alternative treatments for Barrett's esophagus have been developed. None of the reviewed studies modeled the option of endoscopic mucosal ...