How to diagnose esophageal cancer?

Esophageal cancer is a malignant tumor with a very high mortality rate. Patients often discover the disease in the middle or late stages, and it is very difficult to treat. Experts say: Regardless of the type of malignant tumor, early diagnosis of the disease is the most important thing for patients. So, how to diagnose esophageal cancer?

X-ray barium meal examination is a commonly used method for clinical diagnosis of esophageal cancer. It can determine the cancer site by the stagnation position of the barium and make a preliminary judgment on the cancer condition based on the results such as the stiffness of the esophageal wall and the narrowness of the esophageal cavity.

Esophagoscopy can directly observe the size, shape and location of the tumor, providing an important diagnostic basis for identifying esophageal cancer and having certain guiding significance for subsequent treatment.

Esophageal exfoliative cytology examination. After years of clinical observation, it was found that the examination method is simple, the patient suffers little pain, and the false positive rate is low. Practice has proved that it is the most practical method for large-scale surveys in high-incidence areas, with a total positive detection rate of about 90%.

Esophageal endoscopic ultrasound examination. Esophageal endoscopic ultrasound examination is gradually used in clinical practice, but the examination price is relatively expensive.

CT scanning is a common method for diagnosing esophageal cancer, and it can easily analyze the inducing factors of the disease, clarify the condition, and lay a good foundation for subsequent causal and symptomatic treatment.

The above are the diagnostic methods for esophageal cancer introduced by experts. Do you understand them all? If you still don’t understand, please consult experts, and they will definitely give you the most detailed introduction.