A prospective evaluation of an algorithm incorporating routine preoperative endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in suspected pancreatic cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 813-819

  Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^a,c,d   Varadarajulu, Shyam ^a   Desai, Shilpa ^a   Shirley, Rhett ^a   Heslin, Martin J ^b   Mehra, Mohit ^a   Arnoletti, Juan P ^b   Eltoum, Isam ^c   Wilcox, Charles M ^a   Vickers, Selwyn M ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34347231353     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0151-x     Document Type: Article

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