Endoscopic ultrasonography for pancreatic cancer: Current and future perspectives

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 220-230

  Angelis, Claudio De ^a   Brizzi, Rosario Francesco ^a   Pellicano, Rinaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration; Multidetector helical computed tomography; Neuroendocrine tumor; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic cyst

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GASTRINOMA; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL ULTRASOUND; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL INTRADUCTAL ULTRASOUND; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84995761465     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2013.002     Document Type: Article

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