The role of endoscopy in the evaluation and treatment of patients with biliary neoplasia

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-174

  Anderson, Michelle A ^a   Appalaneni, Vasu ^a   Ben Menachem, Tamir ^a   Decker, G Anton ^a   Early, Dayna S ^a   Evans, John A ^a   Fanelli, Robert D ^a   Fisher, Deborah A ^a   Fisher, Laurel R ^a   Fukami, Norio ^a   Hwang, Joo Ha ^a   Ikenberry, Steven O ^a   Jain, Rajeev ^a   Jue, Terry L ^a   Khan, Khalid ^a   Krinsky, Mary Lee ^a   Malpas, Phyllis M ^a   Maple, John T ^a   Sharaf, Ravi N ^a   Shergill, Amandeep K ^a   Dominitz, Jason A ^a   Cash, Brooks D ^a   more..

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PHOTOFRIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMPULLARY ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY STENT; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER POLYP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL ULTRASOUND; JAUNDICE; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; METAL STENT; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; POLYPS;

EID: 84872317405     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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