Primary esophageal neoplasm (adenocarcinoma or SCC)
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Selected References
Jayaprakasam VS et al: Role of imaging in esophageal cancer management in 2020: update for radiologists. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 215(5):1072-84, 2020
Rice TW et al: Cancer of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: an eighth edition staging primer. J Thorac Oncol. 12(1):36-42, 2017
Hong SJ et al: New TNM staging system for esophageal cancer: what chest radiologists need to know. Radiographics. 34(6):1722-40, 2014
van Rossum PS et al: Imaging of oesophageal cancer with FDG-PET/CT and MRI. Clin Radiol. 70(1):81-95, 2014
Krasna MJ: Radiographic and endosonographic staging in esophageal cancer. Thorac Surg Clin. 23(4):453-60, 2013
Kwee RM: Prediction of tumor response to neoadjuvant therapy in patients with esophageal cancer with use of 18F FDG PET: a systematic review. Radiology. 254(3):707-17, 2010
Lagergren J et al: Oesophageal cancer. BMJ. 341:c6280, 2010
Rice TW et al: 7th edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual: esophagus and esophagogastric junction. Ann Surg Oncol. 17(7):1721-4, 2010
Kim TJ et al: Multimodality assessment of esophageal cancer: preoperative staging and monitoring of response to therapy. Radiographics. 29(2):403-21, 2009
Kim TJ et al: Postoperative imaging of esophageal cancer: what chest radiologists need to know. Radiographics. 27(2):409-29, 2007
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Abbreviations
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC)
Definitions
Primary esophageal neoplasm (adenocarcinoma or SCC)
IMAGING
General Features
Radiographic Findings
CT Findings
MR Findings
Ultrasonographic Findings
Nuclear Medicine Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Staging, Grading, & Classification
Gross Pathologic & Surgical Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST
Image Interpretation Pearls
Selected References
Jayaprakasam VS et al: Role of imaging in esophageal cancer management in 2020: update for radiologists. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 215(5):1072-84, 2020
Rice TW et al: Cancer of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: an eighth edition staging primer. J Thorac Oncol. 12(1):36-42, 2017
Hong SJ et al: New TNM staging system for esophageal cancer: what chest radiologists need to know. Radiographics. 34(6):1722-40, 2014
van Rossum PS et al: Imaging of oesophageal cancer with FDG-PET/CT and MRI. Clin Radiol. 70(1):81-95, 2014
Krasna MJ: Radiographic and endosonographic staging in esophageal cancer. Thorac Surg Clin. 23(4):453-60, 2013
Kwee RM: Prediction of tumor response to neoadjuvant therapy in patients with esophageal cancer with use of 18F FDG PET: a systematic review. Radiology. 254(3):707-17, 2010
Lagergren J et al: Oesophageal cancer. BMJ. 341:c6280, 2010
Rice TW et al: 7th edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual: esophagus and esophagogastric junction. Ann Surg Oncol. 17(7):1721-4, 2010
Kim TJ et al: Multimodality assessment of esophageal cancer: preoperative staging and monitoring of response to therapy. Radiographics. 29(2):403-21, 2009
Kim TJ et al: Postoperative imaging of esophageal cancer: what chest radiologists need to know. Radiographics. 27(2):409-29, 2007
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