Open AccessInfluence of the safety and diagnostic accuracy of preoperative endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for resectable pancreatic cancer on clinical performance
Author(s) -
Taiki Kudo,
Hiroshi Kawakami,
Masaki Kuwatani,
Kazunori Eto,
Shuhei Kawahata,
Yoko Abe,
Manabu Onodera,
Nobuyuki Ehira,
Hiroaki Yamato,
Shin Haba,
Kazumichi Kawakubo,
Naoya Sakamoto
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i13.3620
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic ultrasound , fine needle aspiration , pancreatic cancer , pancreatitis , radiology , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , cytology , biopsy , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
To evaluate the safety and diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in a cohort of pancreatic cancer patients.