Is endoscopic ultrasonography examination useful before endoscopic submucosal dissection in patients of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma?

Author(s):  
Yin Yi Chu
Endoscopy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 1035-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuya Akahoshi ◽  
Yousuke Minoda ◽  
Keishi Komori ◽  
Yasuaki Motomura ◽  
Masaru Kubokawa ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 148-148
Author(s):  
Toshiro Iizuka ◽  
Daisuke Kikuchi ◽  
Shu Hoteya ◽  
Akihiro Yamada ◽  
Mitsuru Kaise

148 Background: Chemotherapy (CT), radiotherapy (RT), and chemoradiotherapy (CRT) are efficacious treatment options for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, local treatment failure remains a major problem. In this study, we applied endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for the treatment of ESCC after local treatment failure with CT, RT, or CRT. The efficacy, safety, and feasibility of salvage ESD were assessed. Methods: Between 2008 and 2014, 611 patients underwent ESD for superficial ESCC in our hospital. Of them, 14 required salvage ESD: 7 for local treatment failure after CT, 4 after CRT, and 3 after RT. Each patient was treated with CT using 5-fluorouracil + cisplatin or RT, which consisted of >50 Gy of irradiation with or without concurrent CT. The following clinical findings were confirmed in all patients: no evidence of lymph node or distant metastasis after treatment, and an endoscopically resectable lesion. Results: The male to female ratio was 11:3 and the mean age was 64.9 (44-81) years. Clinical stages before treatment were T1b/T2/T3/T4 in 10/1/2/1, N0/1 in 7/7, and M0/1 in 13/1, respectively. The mean tumor size was 18.6 mm, and the mean procedure time was 45.7 min. En bloc resection was achieved in 100% of cases, and the R0 resection rate was 78.6%. Histopathological assessment of specimens taken at salvage ESD revealed that 6 lesions (42.9%) had invaded the submucosal layer and had been resected noncuratively because of a positive vertical margin (n = 2) or positive lymphovascular invasion (n = 5). No immediate or delayed complications, including major bleeding or perforation, and no ESD-related deaths occurred. At a mean follow-up period of 26.5 (range, 5–55) months, local recurrence had developed at the treatment site in 2 patient. Overall, 10 patients were still alive. The remaining 4 had developed lymph node metastasis, 2 of whom had died from it. Conclusions: Salvage ESD is an option for ESCC patients with local treatment failure after CT, RT, or CRT.


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