Preoperative Bronchoscopic Assessment of Airway Invasion by Esophageal Cancer

• Published in: Chest Vol. 113; no. 3; pp. 687 - 695
• Main Authors: Riedel, Martin, Hauck, Rainer W., Stein, Hubert J., Mounyam, Leonard, Schulz, Christian, Schömig, Albert, Siewert, Jörg R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.03.1998; American College of Chest Physicians
• Subjects: bronchial neoplasms; bronchoscopy; esophageal neoplasms; esophagectomy; staging; trachea; esophagectomy; trachea; bronchial neoplasms; staging; bronchoscopy; esophageal neoplasms

Bronchoscopy is frequently used to assess invasion of esophageal cancer into the tracheobronchial tree. Prospective studies evaluating the role of bronchoscopy in pretherapeutic staging of esophageal cancer are lacking. To evaluate the diagnostic utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy for the assessment...