Combined multidetector computed tomography and gastrointestinal endoscopy for gastric cancer screening, preoperative staging, and lymph node metastasis detection

Figure 1 Patient enrollment flow chart. MDCT: Multidetector computed tomography.

Figure 2  Number of gastric cancer cases detected by different diagnostic methods of gastric cancer by different methods (cases).

Figure 3 Multimodal imaging features of ulcerative lesions in the gastric curvature. A: Electronic white-light endoscopy showing a large ulcer on the lesser curvature of the gastric body; B and C: Contrast-enhanced computed tomography images demonstrating thickening of the gastric wall on the lesser curvature with progressive moderate enhancement; D and E: Endoscopic ultrasound revealing an irregular surface structure at the lesion site and disruption of the five-layer structure of the gastric wall.