Korean J Gastroenterol.  2015 Sep;66(3):154-158. 10.4166/kjg.2015.66.3.154.

Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Local Therapy of Pancreatic Tumors

• Yoon WJ
• Seo DW

• KMID: 2373331
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2015.66.3.154

Abstract

The development of curvilinear EUS has enabled EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration of intra-abdominal mass lesions. With the introduction of interventional EUS, this technology has undergone several modifications in order to be applied to clinical medicine. One of the potential uses of interventional EUS is the EUS-guided local therapy of pancreatic tumors. Various treatment modalities such as fine-needle injection, radiofrequency ablation, photodynamic therapy, laser ablation, and brachytherapy have been tried under EUS guidance. Some of these modalities are being applied clinically. These methods for EUS-guided local therapy of pancreatic tumors will be reviewed in this article.

Keyword

Endosonography; Therapeutics; Pancreas; Neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Animals
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Catheter Ablation
Disease Models, Animal
Endosonography
Humans
Pancreatic Neoplasms/pathology/surgery/*therapy
Photochemotherapy
Photosensitizing Agents/therapeutic use
Photosensitizing Agents

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