title: [The role of endosonography (EUS) in preoperative staging of patients with stomach cancer].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of endosonography (EUS) in preoperative staging of stomach cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-two patients with gastric carcinoma were investigated by endosonography. 49 underwent surgery. EUS reports were compared with operative and histology findings. Tumours were staged according to the 2000. TNM classification.
  
  
  RESULTS
  EUS had a diagnostic accuracy of 89.8% for the T category, 83.7% for the N category.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EUS is an excellent clinical procedure for the staging of local-regional spread of gastric cancer and useful complement to the other gastrointestinal examinations for evaluation of these tumours.
authors.affiliation: Institut za bolesti digestivnog sistema, Klinika za gastroenterologiju i hepatolojiu, KCS, Beograd.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pavlović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krstić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bjelović
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pesko
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stojakov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krstić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery