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The role of endoscopic ultrasonography in patients with pancreatic cancer
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains a common problem with a poor prognosis. Accurate staging of pancreatic tumors is critical to allow patients to be appropriately referred for surgery, which is the most effective treatment for long-term survival. Endoscopic ultrasonography has emerged as a highly effective minimally invasive technique for detecting the presence of malignant lymphadenopathy and for assessing vascular tumor involvement.
| Commun Oncol 2008;5:382–386 | full text |  107 kb |