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Advanced esophageal cancer is known to have a poor prognosis. The early detection of esophageal neoplasms, including esophagealdysplasia and early esophageal cancer, is highly important for the accurate treatment of the disease. However, esophageal dysplasiaand early esophageal cancer are usually subtle and can be easily missed. In addition to the early detection, proper pretreatmentevaluation of the depth of invasion of esophageal cancer is very important for curative treatment. The progression of non-invasivediagnosis via image-enhanced endoscopy techniques has been shown to aid the early detection and estimate the depth of invasionof early esophageal cancer and, as a result, may provide additional opportunities for curative treatment. Here, we review theadvancement of image-enhanced endoscopy-related technologies and their role in the early identification of esophageal neoplasms.
