| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Autobiography |
| Article Title |
Forward-viewing radial-array echoendoscope for staging of colon cancer beyond the rectum
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Pradermchai Kongkam, Sittikorn Linlawan, Satimai Aniwan, Narisorn Lakananurak, Suparat Khemnark, Chucheep Sahakitrungruang, Jirawat Pattanaarun, Supakij Khomvilai, Naruemon Wisedopas, Wiriyaporn Ridtitid, Manoop S Bhutani, Pinit Kullavanijaya and Rungsun Rerknimitr |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
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| Corresponding Author |
Pradermchai Kongkam, MD, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Excellent Center, Department of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, 1873, Rama 4 Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. kongkam@hotmail.com |
| Key Words |
Colonoscopy; Forward-viewing; Staging; Neoadjuvan therapy; Endoscopic ultrasound; Colon; Neoplasm; Colon cancer |
| Core Tip |
Endoscopic ultrasound staging of rectal cancer has higher accuracy rate than computed tomography (CT) scan. Unfortunately, with the current design of conventional oblique-viewing radial-array echoendoscope that cannot readily be introduced beyond rectum, staging of colon cancer beyond rectum nowadays depends on results of CT scan. With a design of the novel forward-viewing radial-array echoendoscope that can be easily passed through the entire colon, it was firstly used in this study for staging of colon cancer. The study showed feasibility of the scope and its superiority over CT scan in terms of accuracy rate of colon cancer staging. |
| Publish Date |
2014-03-12 14:46 |
| Citation |
Kongkam P, Linlawan S, Aniwan S, Lakananurak N, Khemnark S, Sahakitrungruang C, Pattanaarun J, Khomvilai S, Wisedopas N, Ridtitid W, Bhutani MS, Kullavanijaya P, Rerknimitr R. Forward-viewing radial-array echoendoscope for staging of colon cancer beyond the rectum. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(10): 2681-2687 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i10/2681.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i10.2681 |
