Is blue light imaging without magnification satisfactory as screening for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma? Post-hoc analysis of multicenter randomized controlled trial.
Yohei OgataWaku HattaTomoyuki KoikeSo TakahashiTamotsu MatsuhashiWataru IwaiSho AsonumaHideki OkataMotoki OhyauchiHirotaka ItoYasuhiko AbeYu SasakiMasashi KawamuraMasahiro SaitoKaname UnoFumiyoshi FujishimaTomohiro NakamuraNaoki NakayaKatsunori IijimaAtsushi MasamunePublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2024)
LCE following BLI outperformed BLI in terms of sensitivity in patients with high-risk ESCC. Therefore, LCE, in addition to BLI, would still be required in screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy even by expert endoscopists.