Clinical Study

Narrow Band Imaging with Magnification Can Pick Up Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma More Efficiently Than Lugol Chromoendoscopy in Patients after Chemoradiotherapy

Table 3

Number of lesions detected by NBI with magnification versus Lugol chromoendoscopy.

ā€‰NBI with magnificationLugol chromoendoscopy
ā€‰ (%) (%)

SCC
(4 lesions)
4 (100)4 (100)
HGIN
(2 lesions)
2 (100)2 (100)
Other
(66 lesions)
1 (1.5)66 (100)

NBI: narrow band imaging, SCC: squamous cell carcinoma, HGIN: high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia.