Publications by authors named "Gimson E"
Article Synopsis
- - The study evaluated the effectiveness of various staging methods (CT, EUS, and FDG-PET/CT) for diagnosing high-grade dysplasia or early adenocarcinoma in esophageal cancer patients treated between 2000 and 2019.
- - Results showed low accuracy rates: EMR (CT 40.1%, EUS 29.6%, FDG-PET/CT 11%) and esophagectomy (CT 43.3%, EUS 59.7%, FDG-PET/CT 29.6%), with significant misdiagnoses that could have affected treatment decisions.
- - Overall, the alternative investigations only altered clinical management in 3.2% of early cancer cases
Objective: Little is understood about the anxiety experienced by cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy or investigative imaging. Our aim was to identify sources of anxiety, the points along the cancer journey where anxiety occurred and methods to alleviate it.
Methods: Six focus groups were conducted with cancer patients (n = 17), caregivers (n = 3) and healthcare practitioners (HCPs; n = 10) in the radiotherapy department.
Background: To assess the outcomes of patients with early esophageal cancer and high-grade dysplasia comparing esophagectomy, the historical treatment of choice, to endoscopic eradication therapy (EET).
Methods: Retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients with early esophageal cancer/high-grade dysplasia, treated between 2000 and 2018 at a tertiary center. Primary outcomes were all-cause and disease-specific mortality assessed by multivariable Cox regression and a propensity score matching sub analysis, providing hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) adjusted for age, tumor grade (G1/2 vs.