The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Pancreatico-Biliary Cancer

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-263

  Varadarajulu, Shyam ^a   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer staging; Celiac plexus neurolysis; Endoscopic ultrasound; Endosonography; Fine needle aspiration; Interventional EUS; Neuroendocrine tumor; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950799856     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2010.01.002     Document Type: Review

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