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Upper endoscopy is the accepted standard for making the diagnosis of various upper gastrointestinal diseases including esophageal cancers. Morphologically, esophageal cancer can be divided into superficial esophageal cancer and advanced esophageal cancer. Progress in endoscopic diagnostic techniques, such as iodine staining and magnifying endoscopy with narrow band imaging, has led to the detection of increased numbers of superficial esophageal cancer. The chance of recovery improves when doctors detect the cancer at an early stage.
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Lee, H.L. (2014). Esophageal Cancer. In: Chun, H., Yang, SK., Choi, MG. (eds) Clinical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35626-1_6
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