Endoscopy Cancer Treatment

Endoscopy cancer treatment is used to treat cancers, a clear visual examination is important for both diagnosis and to know the exact placement of the presence of cancer. In a few cases, just seeing the images of cancer would not give any clear idea about cancers. For many years, to view the inside organs small telescopes are used by inserting them via the body openings. For example, bronchoscopes are used to view the lungs by inserting them via nose opening or through the mouth and this tube will be inserted through the windpipe in the lungs and so they can be visualized from outside. To view inside of kidneys, cytoscope was used by inserting them through urethra and so urinary bladder can be visualized. The other scopes are laryngoscope and nasopharynoscope. The above said scope instruments are stiff in nature even if they are thin in structure. But in the later years, to do visual exams, flexible kind scopes were made. These flexible scope instruments are made up of fiber-optic materials and these instruments can bended. These instrument can be inserted via the body openings and they can bend and so exams are done. The common name of these scopes is endoscopy. In cancer treatments, for the diagnosis purpose endoscopies are very much helpful.

Endoscopy Stomach Cancer

Endoscopy cancer treatment is used also in stomach cancer patients have some common symptoms, such as abdominal pain, chest pain, nausea sensation, vomiting, heartburn, food swallowing problems, and sometimes bleeding. Apart from these symptoms, physician will ask some questions to confirm the disease history. After that an upper endoscopy will be ordered. Upper endoscopy is done to detect for any kind of cancers in the digestive tract.

Endoscopic Ultrasound Procedure

In this procedure of visual exam of cancer in the inside body cavities, a tube of endoscopy is inserted inside the body part to be visualized through a body opening. This endoscope is attached to an ultrasound equipment and so images are obtained simultaneously. Any presence of can be visible clearly in the endoscopic ultrasound method. Endoscopy cancer treatment with ultrasound is a very useful method for the diagnosis of cancer with images.

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