title: Surveillance of patients at high-risk of squamous cell esophageal cancer.
abstract: Currently curative treatment for esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) is possible only in patients with early-stage, usually asymptomatic disease. In Western countries, where the incidence of ESCC is relatively low, a screening of asymptomatic, average-risk population is untenable. In order to detect early-stage ESCC or its precursor lesions it is important to identify high-risk patients and consider endoscopic surveillance in these groups. These high-risk groups include patients after curative treatment for head and neck cancer, previous endoscopic resection of ESCC, caustic injury, and patients with tylosis or achalasia. This paper discuss the evidence and proposed method of endoscopy surveillance of these high-risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Oncology, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Cancer Prevention, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Oncology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaber-Ciopinska
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Cancer, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kiprian
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Cancer, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawecki
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Oncology, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Cancer Prevention, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Oncology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland; Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: mfkaminski@coi.waw.pl.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Kaminski
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D000077277:Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Achalasia; Caustic injury; Esophageal cancer; Head and neck cancers; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surveillance; Tylosis