What are the gastroscopic diagnosis and symptoms of esophageal cancer

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Some time ago, my aunt felt that it was very difficult to eat. It was too painful when she swallowed. She didn't eat much for a few days. The doctor suggested making a gastroscope to see if it was esophageal cancer. Now let me talk about the gastroscopy diagnosis and symptoms of esophageal cancer.

What are the gastroscopic diagnosis and symptoms of esophageal cancer

First: gastroscopy is the first choice for esophageal cancer, even essential examination, because the key to cure esophageal cancer is early detection and early treatment. Generally speaking, esophageal cancer is rarely missed in gastroscopy. If the gastroscopy picture is clear, even if the gastroscopy is done in a small hospital, the examination report says that the esophagus is not affected, it will generally be OK, and there is no need to go to a large hospital for repeated gastroscopy. However, if gastroscopy in a small hospital found esophageal lesions and can not prove whether it is esophageal cancer or precancerous lesions, it is necessary to consult with an experienced doctor.

Second: gastroscopy can directly observe small lesions, and it is convenient to clamp the focus tissue for pathological examination, which is the main means of diagnosis of esophageal cancer. So do gastroscopy, esophageal cancer to large hospitals to find experienced doctors, through pathological biopsy, can be diagnosed.

Third: when endoscopists find esophageal cancer, it is not easy to judge whether it is early cancer or advanced cancer, because the early and late stages of cancer do not depend on the size of the tumor. It is not generally understood that the size of the tumor is advanced, but on the depth of invasion of the tumor in the esophageal wall. If the tumor infiltrates more than half of the esophageal wall, it is in the advanced stage. If endoscopic ultrasonography is performed, the depth of tumor infiltration can be observed. Therefore, in order to determine the treatment plan, doctors often recommend patients to do endoscopic ultrasonography again.

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In general, there are many clinical diagnostic methods for esophageal cancer. Gastroscopy is the preferred examination method for esophageal cancer, which is of great significance for the diagnosis of esophageal cancer. Generally, esophageal cancer can be detected by accurate image display.