Clinical Applications of Endoscopic Ultrasound to Oncology

Vol. 68, No. 4-6, 2005

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Clinical Applications of Endoscopic Ultrasound to Oncology
Young S. Oh, Dayna S. Early, Riad R. Azar

Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Mo., USA

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Oncology 2005;68:526-537 (DOI: 10.1159/000086997)

Key Words

Endoscopic ultrasound
Esophageal cancer
Rectal cancer
Subepithelial lesions
Pancreatic cancer
Lung cancer
Endoscopic mucosal resection
Celiac plexus neurolysis

Abstract

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a useful imaging modality in patients with certain gastrointestinal malignancies as well as lung cancer. In many cases, EUS has been shown to have superior staging accuracy compared with other imaging techniques such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography. This article will review the role of EUS in diagnosing and staging esophageal, rectal, pancreatic and lung cancers as well as subepithelial lesions. Newer therapeutic applications of EUS, namely endoscopic mucosal resection for removal of localized lesions as well as celiac plexus neurolysis for pain control, will also be discussed.

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Riad R. Azar, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8124
Saint Louis, MO 63110 (USA)
Tel. +1 314 454 5960, Fax +1 314 454 5005, E-Mail razar@im.wustl.edu

Article Information

Received: July 21, 2004
Accepted after revision: November 15, 2004
Published online: July 20, 2005
Number of Print Pages : 12
Number of Figures : 8, Number of Tables : 2, Number of References : 85

Medline Abstract (ID 16037686)

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