Pancreatic cancer: An endoscopic perspective

Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-104

  Majumder, Shounak ^a   Chubineh, Saman ^a   Birk, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

celiac plexus block; enteral stent; EUS; EUS FNA; EUS FNI; fiducial; pancreatic cancer; SEMS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUPIVACAINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ONCOLYTIC VIRUS; PACLITAXEL;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELIAC GANGLION NEUROLYSIS; CELIAC PLEXUS NEUROLYSIS; CHOLEDOCHODUODENOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; NEUROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS CANCER; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STENT; TUMOR ABLATION;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 83455220378     PISSN: 17474124     EISSN: 17474132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/egh.11.93     Document Type: Review

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