title: Gastric cancer: endoscopic diagnosis and staging.
abstract: Gastric cancer is common and is a cause of severe morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis can improve the chances of cure and prolong survival because prognosis is inversely related to the disease stage. Endoscopy plays an important role in diagnosis. Emerging adjunct technologies such as image-enhanced endoscopy and magnification endoscopy aid in early cancer detection. Endoscopic ultrasonography is an additional useful tool for preoperative staging. Endoscopy for screening, except for high-risk patients, and outside areas of high prevalence, remains controversial.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. rami-elabiad@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Rami
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Abiad
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gerke
mesh_terms: D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*