Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America
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Gastrointest. Endosc. Clin. N. Am. · Jan 2005
ReviewEndoscopic ultrasound and staging of non-small cell lung cancer.
This article outlines the basic principals of lung cancer staging and EUS-FNA techniques and suggests appropriate and inappropriate indications of EUS-FNA for lung cancer.
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Gastrointest. Endosc. Clin. N. Am. · Jan 2005
ReviewEndoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle injection.
With the development of linear array echoendoscopes and the ability to perform endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration, the delivery of therapeutic agents with fine-needle injection (FNI) emerged. EUS-guided FNI is an attractive delivery system because of its minimal invasiveness and low complication rate. ⋯ The most exciting area of interest involves the delivery of antitumor agents in patients with locally advanced cancer, such as cancer of the pancreas or esophagus. The involvement of EUS-guided FNI in tumor therapy adds a host of potential new applications that continue to swing the pendulum of EUS from a diagnostic to a therapeutic modality.