Al-Haddad Mohammad, Eloubeidi Mohamad A
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
JOP. 2010 Jan 8;11(1):1-7.
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) evolved as the diagnostic test of choice evaluating suspected pancreatic tumors. Coupled with fine needle aspiration (FNA), EUS provides high accuracy for the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer. Novel EUS based techniques have emerged as a safe minimally invasive alternative to the surgical or radiological approaches. By allowing better pain control, delivering antitumor therapies or draining obstructed bile ducts, such techniques hold a big promise to improve the quality of life of patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. In this review, we will discuss the role EUS-FNA plays in the diagnosis, staging and treatment of patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
内镜超声（EUS）已发展成为评估疑似胰腺肿瘤的首选诊断方法。结合细针穿刺活检（FNA），EUS对胰腺癌的诊断和分期具有很高的准确性。基于EUS的新技术已成为手术或放射学方法之外安全的微创替代方案。通过更好地控制疼痛、提供抗肿瘤治疗或引流梗阻性胆管，这些技术有望显著改善无法切除的胰腺癌患者的生活质量。在本综述中，我们将讨论EUS-FNA在局部晚期胰腺癌患者的诊断、分期和治疗中所起的作用。
