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Esophageal Cancer - Current Staging Strategy
• Diagnosis – Endoscopic biopsy
• Initial Imaging:
 MDCT
Potentially curable disease: •
 PET/CT – exclude distant spread
 Laparoscopy
 EUS – Early disease, Proximal/ Distal Extent