Feasibility of endocytoscopy in the diagnosis of esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma : a multicenter in vivo study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Esophageal cancer
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000004218
- Lead Sponsor
- Kyoto University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1) severe complication 2) having prior radiotherapy for the esophagus 3) having prior chemotherapy 4) contraindication for biopsy and endoscopic treatment 5) inadequate to entry considered by each investigator
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sensitivity : Comparison of the ECS images and corresponding histology
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) multi-rator k value in the pathologists 2) the proportion of high quality ECS images sufficient to evaluation 3) Specificity 4) multi-rator k value between the pathologists and endoscopists