Curriculum for optical diagnosis of esophageal neoplasia and precursor lesions: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
Endoscopists should undertake interactive training courses to improve diagnostic accuracy for esophageal preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions.Endoscopists should train with the Barrett's Oesophagus-Related Neoplasia (BORN) module to improve detection and delineation for early Barrett's esophagus-related neoplasia.Endoscopists should train in using the Prague classification to describe the circumferential and maximal extent of Barrett epithelium above the gastroesophageal junction.Endoscopists should train in using the Paris classification to describe suspected neoplastic lesions within both Barrett and squamous epithelium.Endoscopists should train in using virtual chromoendoscopy to assess both mucosal and vascular patterns in potentially neoplastic lesions in Barrett epithelium as being regular or irregular.When using acetic acid chromoendoscopy for Barrett's esophagus inspection, endoscopists should be familiar with the appearance of neoplastic lesions by assessing loss of aceto-whitening and mucosal surface patterns.Endoscopists should train in using the Japanese Esophageal Society (JES) classification to describe esophageal squamous cell lesions, to estimate the likelihood of and degree of dysplasia, and in the case of squamous cell cancer, the invasion depth.
Authors
- Marcus Hollenbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2654-3164)
- Maximilien Barret (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-7870)
- Władysław Januszewicz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8200-2661)
- Emmanuel Coron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2431-7670)
- Stefan Seewald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8520-5918)
- Roos E. Pouw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4707-1186)
- Pieter Dewint (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1002-9822)
- Jacques J.G.H.M. Bergman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7548-6955)
- V. О. Yakovenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2419-6971)
- Tony Tham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3304-0271)
- Peter Elbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6336-0941)
- Franz Ludwig Dumoulin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1058-7867)
- Vicente Lorenzo‐Zúñiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4072-3241)
- Bas L.A.M. Weusten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9468-4578)
- Adolfo Parra‐Blanco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2396-0226)
- Raf Bisschops (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-8226)
- Roberta Maselli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7291-9110)
- Anastassios C. Manolakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8661-6997)
Institutions
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Humanitas University (IT)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg (DE)
- Ulster Hospital (GB)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe (ES)
- Hôpital Cochin (FR)
- Klinik Hirslanden (CH)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- St. Antonius Ziekenhuis (NL)
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
- NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit (GB)
- Damiaan Dicht bij het leven (BE)
- Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine (PL)
- Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe (DE)
- The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology (PL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital (IT)
- Bogomolets National Medical University (UA)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Endoscopy
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2662-7978
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01
Funders
- University College London
- Karolinska Institutet
- Umeå Universitet