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Treatment of Esophageal and Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma pp 49–56Cite as

Preoperative Work-up: EsophagoGastroDuodenoScopy, Tracheobronchoscopy, and Endoscopic Ultrasonography

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Patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) frequently describe “alarm” symptoms, such as as dysphagia, bleeding, and weight loss. In these cases, endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the first diagnostic examination usually performed. In a series of 4018 patients, Bowrey et al. [1] identified 123 cases of esophagogastric carcinoma (3%), and in 85% of these patients “alarm” symptoms were present. A comparison of this subgroup with the entire series showed that in the former the tumors were significantly more advanced (47% vs. 11%); there were fewer indications for surgery (50% vs. 95%) and a worse survival (median 11 vs. 39 months).

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Rodella, L., Cerofolini, A., Lombardo, F., Catalano, F., Kheir, W.E., de Manzoni, G. (2012). Preoperative Work-up: EsophagoGastroDuodenoScopy, Tracheobronchoscopy, and Endoscopic Ultrasonography. In: de Manzoni, G. (eds) Treatment of Esophageal and Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2330-7_4

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