Esophageal cancer: Treatment advances and need for screening.
| Autor: | Eisner, Daniel C. |
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SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma
ADENOCARCINOMA PUBLIC health surveillance BIOPSY CONTINUING education units EARLY detection of cancer IMMUNOTHERAPY SEX distribution SMOKING COMPUTED tomography PRESUMPTIONS (Law) ESOPHAGEAL tumors ENDOSCOPIC surgery POSITRON emission tomography MAGNETIC resonance imaging CONTINUUM of care METASTASIS BARRETT'S esophagus INDIVIDUALIZED medicine ALCOHOL drinking TUMOR classification GASTROESOPHAGEAL reflux ENDOSCOPY DISEASE risk factors DISEASE complications |
| Zdroj: | JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins); Apr2024, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p19-25, 7p |
| Abstrakt: | Esophageal cancer is a challenging malignancy that often is diagnosed in advanced stages, resulting in a poor prognosis. This article provides a comprehensive review of the two main types of esophageal cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and esophageal adenocarcinoma, and reviews epidemiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, diagnostic modalities, staging systems, and established and emerging treatments. Recent advancements in treatment for resectable and unresectable esophageal cancer also are explored. These include immunotherapy, targeted therapy, sentinel lymph node mapping, radiogenomics, palliative measures, and screening measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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