Research progress in screening of early esophageal cancer in China / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

ABSTRACT

China is a country with high incidence of esophageal cancer. Precision screening and early diagnosis of esophageal cancer is the premise and key of precise treatment, and also an effective measure to improve the prognosis of esophageal cancer; The mode of combining key screening of high risk groups with screening of opportunistic individual, endoscopy assisted with iodine staining and indicative biopsy is feasible strategy and effective method to screen early esophageal cancer in the stage. Artificial intelligence and molecular biology technology is the research direction and has the development prospect.