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Johns Hopkins gastroenterologist Saowanee Ngamruengphong, M.D., explains how doctors look at the stomach lining without performing surgery. The endoscopic procedure helps screen high-risk patients and diagnose this disease earlier.
The endoscopic diagnosis of early gastric cancer is divided into two steps, detection and characterization. In this article, I will explain first how to detect suspicious lesions, and second how to characterize detected lesions to make an accurate diagnosis.
The problem of missed gastric cancer highlights the urgent need to improve the quality of the endoscopy services, which can be achieved by increasing the awareness of gastroenterologists and continuously monitoring the key performance indicators of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
This test is called a gastroscopy (a type of endoscopy). It looks for any problems in your stomach, including stomach cancer. During a gastroscopy: A long, thin, flexible tube with a small camera inside (called an endoscope) will be put into your mouth, down your throat and into your stomach.
Upper endoscopy (also called esophagogastroduodenoscopy or EGD) is the test most often done if the doctor thinks you might have stomach cancer. During this test, the doctor passes an endoscope, which is a thin, flexible, lighted tube with a small video camera on the end, down your throat.
19 cze 2024 · In other parts of the world where stomach cancer is much more common, tests to detect stomach cancer are used more widely. Upper endoscopy is the most common test used to detect stomach cancer. Some countries use X-rays to detect stomach cancer.
31 maj 2023 · Upper endoscopy is a procedure to look inside the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum (first part of the small intestine) to check for abnormal areas. An endoscope (a thin, lighted tube) is passed through the mouth and down the throat into the esophagus.
