Open AccessEndoscopic ultrasound-guided fiducial marker placement in pancreatic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Jayanti R Patel,
Vakya Revanur,
David G. Forcione,
Matthew L. Bechtold,
Srinivas R. Puli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v12.i8.231
Subject(s) - fiducial marker , medicine , image guided radiation therapy , endoscopic ultrasound , radiology , pancreatic cancer , meta analysis , radiation therapy , medical physics , cancer
Pancreatic cancer (PC) mortality remains high despite advances in therapy. Combination chemoradiotherapy offers modest survival benefit over monotherapy with either. Fiducial markers serve as needed landmarks for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). Traditionally, these markers were placed surgically or percutaneously with limitations of each. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided placement overcomes these limitations.