Results of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Patients With Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma-Value of Endoscopic Screening: 10-Year Experience

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy provides the opportunity to identify second malignancies, precancerous lesions, and risk factors and to obtain biopsies using one procedure. The results can be immediately integrated into the therapeutic concept of the primary disease. Although new imaging techniques have been available, esophagogastroduodenoscopy still plays a decisive role in the routine staging of OSCC.