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Staging and Less Invasive Tx of Esophageal Cancer. Jun Haeng Lee Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea,. Diagnosis and staging of esophageal cancer. Siersema. Gastroenterol Clin N Am 2008:37:943-964. Different modalities have different roles.
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Staging and Less Invasive Tx of Esophageal Cancer Jun Haeng Lee Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea,
Diagnosis and staging of esophageal cancer Siersema. Gastroenterol Clin N Am 2008:37:943-964
Different modalities have different roles • For the evaluation of distant metastases, FDG-PET may have a higher sensitivity than CT. • For the detection of regional and celiac lymph node metastases, EUS is most sensitive, whereas CT and FDG-PET are more specific tests. • The combined use of FDG-PET and CT, which is increasingly being applied, could be of clinical value, with FDG-PET detecting possible metastases and CT confirming or excluding their presence and precisely determining their location. Siersema. Gastroenterol Clin N Am 2008:37:943-964
Why accurate staging is important? • Accurate staging is essential to select patients who will benefit from aggressive therapy and to avoid aggressive therapy in patients with distant metastases. • Despite these efforts, metastatic spread is encountered during operation in up to 60% of patients. • No one technology can completely stage all aspects of esophageal carcinoma with high accuracy. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed. Ch 44
Comparative study will not be coming. • The current enthusiasm for neoadjuvant therapy makes it unlikely that definitive studies comparing accuracy of specific or combination staging modalities will be forthcoming. • Staging of newly diagnosed esophageal cancer may incorporate crosssectional imaging, EUS, positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, transcutaneous ultrasound scanning of the neck, laparoscopy, and video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) staging. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed. Ch 44
Role of Endoscopy Jun Haeng Lee Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea,
Role of endoscopy • Location of the lesion (with respect to distance from the incisors) • Nature of the lesion (friable, firm, polypoid) • Proximal and distal extent of the lesion • Relationship of the lesion to the cricopharyngeus muscle, the GEJ, and the gastric cardia • Distensibility of the stomach
Early esophageal cancer- carcinoma in-situ. 1.2x0.4 cm. confined to the basement membrane in ESD
Early esophageal cancer type I- 1.3 x 0.8 cmm, endolymphatic tumor emboli (+), LN 2/40
Advanced esophageal cancer- extension to perimuscular adventitia, LN 3/62
Esophageal cancer after lye stricture (F/48) Invasive SCC (M/D), 2x1.8 cm, PM, 0/24
CT, MRI, EUS Jun Haeng Lee Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea,
CT and MRI • CT is much less accurate in detecting lymph node metastases and is more accurate for subdiaphragmatic lymph nodes than for mediastinal ones. • MRI can assess mediastinal invasion and liver metastasis as well as CT can but has not demonstrated any significant advantages. Because of accessibility and its lower cost, CT is preferred. • The main limitations of CT are its insensitivity to the identification of irresectability (T4) and its inability to identify metastatic disease in normal-sized lymph nodes. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed. Ch 44
Features of malignant lymph on EUS • Size greater than 1cm • Hypoechogenicity • Distinct margins • Round shape • No single feature independently predicted malignant status. • When all four features were present, the accuracy in predicting malignancy was 80%. • However, these combined features were present in only 25% of the malignant lymph nodes observed.
Accuracy of EUS in early studies Rosch. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 1995;5:537
Limitation of EUS (1): safety concerns Eloubeidi. Am J Gastroenterol 2009;104:53-56
Limitation of EUS (2): publication bias- positive results만 보고되는 경향이 있다. Harewood GC. Am J Gastroenterol 2005:100;808-816
Limitation of EUS (3): publication bias- 직장암에서 EUS의 성적이 점점 나쁘게 보고되고 있다 Harewood GC. Am J Gastroenterol 2005:100;808-816
Limitation of EUS (4): too subjective- T-staging by EUS is strongly influenced by the endoscopic impression Yanai. Intern J Gastointest Cancer 2003;34:1-8
Limitation of EUS (5): lack of experience • 식도암 병기 결정에 있어서 EUS의 정확도 (국립암센터, 2008 대한 Hp 학회 추계학술대회) • Overall T 병기 정확도: 73.9% • 분화암보다 미분화암에서 유의하게 낮은 결과 • 표재성 식도암에서 점막암 및 점막하층암 진단 정확도: 53.8% (miniprobe 67.3%, radial 38.8%) • Overall N 병기 정확도: 72.7% Korean J Helicobacter and Upper GI Gastrointest Res 2008;8(Suppl 2): 68
Role of PET Jun Haeng Lee Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea,
NORMAL TUMOR • Overexpression of Glucose transporters • Higher levels of Hexokinase • Down-regulation of Glucose-6-phosphatase • Anaerobic glycolysis, less ATP per glucose molecule, • more glucose molecules needed for ATP production • General increase in metabolism from high growth rates
SMC experience Yoon YC. Radiology 2003;227:764-770
PET is very useful for distant mets van Westreenen HL. J Clin Oncol 2004;22:3805-3812
BUT, less useful for locoregional mets ♠ In the included studies, change in patient management ranged from 3% to 20% due to the addition of PET to preoperative workup. van Westreenen HL. J Clin Oncol 2004;22:3805-3812
EMR/ESD for early esophageal cancer Jun Haeng Lee Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea,
Surgery for mucosal cancer: 7 (2.9%) F/U after ESD for EGC at SMC ESD (n=243) submucosal invasion or undifferentiated cancer (n=47) Surgery (n=34) Follow up (n=13) Intramucosal differentiated cancer (n=196) Complete resection (n=182) Not assessable (n=10) Incomplete resection (n=4) Less than two EGD follow up (n=7) Follow up (n=5) ESD (n=2) Surgery (n=3) Follow up (n=2) Surgery (n=2) Metachronous recurrence (n=9) Local recurrence (n=1) Surgery (n=1) ESD (n=8) Surgery (n=1) No recurrence Median follow-up: 17 months (range: 4-37 months) Min. Dig Liver Dis. 2009 Mar;41(3):201-9
EMR was not considered as a Tx option- NCCN treatment guideline 2008 http://www.nccn.org/
Risk of lymph node metastasis in EEC- a single center experience at Samsung Medical Center (n=197) Kim. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008;23(4):619-625
Risk of lymph node metastasis in EEC- a multicenter study in Japan (n=1740) Kodama. Surgery 1998;123:432-439
Risk of lymph node metastasis depends on the gross type of EEC Endo. Endoscopy 1993;25:672-674
Indications for EMR for SCC Gotoda. GIE 2008;67:805-807
Methods of endoscopic treatments - tissue retrieval techniques • Techniques without suction • Conventional snare polypectomy without injection • Inject and cut • Inject, lift and cut • Inject, precut and cut: EMR-P • ESD: needle knife, IT kinfe, hook knife, Flex knife • Techniques with suction • Suction and cut: EMR-C • Suction and ligate: EMR-L Modified from Endoscopy 2001;33:271-275
한시적 인정 비급여 ESD에 대한 용어의 정리- ESD를 EMR에서 분리하여 새로운 시술로 봄 • ER = EMR + ESD
Recurrence after EMR for EEC Ishihara. GIE 2008;67:799-804
Endoscopic resection for early squamous cell carcinoma Pech. Gut 2007;56:1625-1634
Take home message • 식도암의 치료 전 병기판정의 방법은 어떠한 치료를 염두에 두는가에 따라 달라질 수 있다. • 각 검사법이 서로 다른 역할을 가지고 있으므로 경쟁적이기보다는 보완적인 관계로 이해할 필요가 있다. • 조기식도암의 내시경치료는 아직 개발단계의 시술로 향후 많은 발전이 예상된다. 현재로서는 합병증을 줄이기 위한 다양한 노력이 필요하다.