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Z Gastroenterol 2011; 49(3): 357-368
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245870
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Maligne Neoplasien des Verdauungstrakts – neue Aspekte zum endosonografischen Staging

Malignant Neoplasias of the Gastrointestinal Tract – Endosonographic Staging RevisitedC. Jenssen1 , C. F. Dietrich2 , E. Burmester3
  • 1Innere Medizin, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland GmbH
  • 2Medizinische Klinik 2, Caritas Krankenhaus
  • 3Medizinische Klinik I, SANA Kliniken Lübeck GmbH
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Manuskript eingetroffen: 12.8.2010

Manuskript akzeptiert: 29.10.2010

Publication Date:
09 March 2011 (online)

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Seit dem 1.1.2010 gilt die 7. Auflage der TNM-Klassifikation. Dies hat Konsequenzen für das endosonografische Staging maligner Erkrankungen des Verdauungstrakts. In einer Übersicht werden die relevanten Veränderungen der Tumor-Klassifikation ebenso dargestellt wie neue Aspekte des endosonografischen Stagings von Karzinomen des Ösophagus, Magens und Rektums.

Abstract

On January 1st, 2010 the 7th edition of TNM classification was released. There are several consequences of this new classification for the staging of gastrointestinal malignancies by endoscopic ultrasound. This review discusses important changes in the TNM classification as well as new aspects in endosonographic staging investigations of cancers of the esophagus, stomach, and rectum.

Schlüsselwörter

Endosonografie - Staging - Karzinome des Verdauungstrakts - Ösophaguskarzinom - Rektumkarzinom - TNM

Key words

endocopic ultrasound - staging - gastric cancer - esophageal cancer - rectal cancer - TNM

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Dr. Christian Jenssen

Innere Medizin, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland GmbH

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