Basic principles and practice of gastric cancer screening using high‐definition white‐light gastroscopy: Eyes can only see what the brain knows. (17th April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gotoda, Takuji; Uedo, Noriya; Yoshinaga, Shigetaka; Tanuma, Tokuma; Morita, Yoshinori; Doyama, Hisashi; Aso, Akira; Hirasawa, Toshiaki; Yano, Tomonori; Uchita, Kunihisa; Ho, Shiaw‐Hooi; Hsieh, Ping‐Hsin
• Is Part Of: Digestive endoscopy. Volume 28(2016)Supplement 1
• Page Start: 2
• Page End: 15
• Publication Date: 2016-04-17
• Subjects: gastric atrophy -- gastric cancer -- Helicobacter pylori -- Kimura‐Takemoto classification -- screening gastroscopy; Digestive organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Digestive organs -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Endoscopy -- Periodicals; Digestive System Diseases -- diagnosis -- Periodicals; Digestive System Diseases -- therapy -- Periodicals; Endoscopy -- Periodicals; 616.3
• DOI: 10.1111/den.12623
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0915-5635

Abstract

Abstract : Endoscopic diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumors consists of the following processes: (i) detection; (ii) differential diagnosis; and (iii) quantitative diagnosis (size and depth) of a lesion. Although detection is the first step to make a diagnosis of the tumor, the lesion can be overlooked if an endoscopist has no knowledge of what an early‐stage 'superficial lesion' looks like. In recent years, image‐enhanced endoscopy has become common, but white‐light endoscopy (WLI) is still the first step for detection and characterization of lesions in general clinical practice. Settings and practice of routine esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) such as use of antispasmodics, number of endoscopic images taken, and observational procedure are customarily decided in each facility in each country and are not well standardized. Therefore, in the present article, we attempted to outline currently available evidence and actual Japanese practice on gastric cancer screening using WLI, and provide tips for detecting EGC during routine EGD which could become the basis of future research.