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Preoperative endosonographic staging of cancer of the cardia
E François1, J Peroux, J Mouroux
1Unité d'Oncologie Digestive, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, 36 Voie Romaine, 06054 Nice Cedex 1, France.
Background:
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of endosonography (ES) in a prospective series of cancer of the cardia.
Methods:
Thirty-five patients with cancer of the cardia were investigated by ES; 29 underwent surgery. ES staging for the surgery patients was compared with histopathologic findings. Tumors were staged according to the 1987 TNM classification.
Results:
ES had a diagnostic accuracy of 79% for the T category, 79% for the N category, 89% for the M category, and 72% for prognostic TNM staging.
Conclusion:
ES is an excellent paraclinical modality for the staging of local-regional spread of cancer of the cardia and a useful complement to computed tomography for evaluation of these tumors.