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Stomach cancer endoscopy and biopsy
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Biopsy may be helpful in the diagnosis of stomach cancer. It has a sensitivity of 98% to diagnose gastric cancer but may be negative in linitis plastica. It is commonly used nowadays as first line of treatment for superficial lesions.
Endoscopy and Biopsy
Endoscopy and Biopsy
- The diagnosis of early lesions appears to be increasing since upper gastrointestinal endoscopy became widely used.
- Obtaining seven biopsies from the ulcer margin and base have a sensitivity of 98% to diagnose gastric cancer.[1]
- It may be false negative in linitis plastica cancers.[2]
- The European guidelines recommend endoscopic resection as a first-line treatment for superficial neoplastic gastric lesions.[3]
References
References
- ↑ Graham DY, Schwartz JT, Cain GD, Gyorkey F (1982). “Prospective evaluation of biopsy number in the diagnosis of esophageal and gastric carcinoma”. Gastroenterology. 82 (2): 228–31. PMID 7054024.
- ↑ Karita M, Tada M (1994). “Endoscopic and histologic diagnosis of submucosal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract using combined strip biopsy and bite biopsy”. Gastrointest Endosc. 40 (6): 749–53. PMID 7859977.
- ↑ Pimentel-Nunes P, Dinis-Ribeiro M, Ponchon T, Repici A, Vieth M, De Ceglie A; et al. (2015). “Endoscopic submucosal dissection: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline”. Endoscopy. 47 (9): 829–54. doi:10.1055/s-0034-1392882. PMID 26317585.
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