Post written by Ylanna Fortes, MD, Renata Nobre, MD, PhD, Bruno da Costa Martins, MD, PhD, and Fauze Maluf-Filho, MD, PhD, from the Department of Endoscopy, Cancer Institute of São Paulo, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. A 71-year-old man with a history of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma underwent surveillance endoscopy. During systematic examination …
Continue reading From endoscopic diagnosis to curative treatment: superficial pharyngeal cancer
Post written by Renata Nobre, PhD, from Sao Paulo Cancer Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Noriya Uedo, PhD, from Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan, Ryu Ishihara, PhD, from Osaka International Cancer Institute, and Fauze Maluf-Filho, MD, PhD, FASGE, from Sao Paulo Cancer Institute. This article focuses on raising awareness among Western endoscopists regarding the importance of oral and pharyngeal endoscopic evaluation of high-risk patients. …
Hiroyoshi Nakanishi, MD from Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital in Ishikawa, Japan reports on his Original Article published recently in GIE titled "Detection of pharyngeal cancer in the overall population undergoing upper GI endoscopy by using narrow-band imaging: a single-center experience, 2009–2012." Narrow-band imaging (NBI) including magnifying endoscopy is very useful for the detection and diagnosis …
