Mediastinal staging of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of paramount importance. It distinguishes operable from inoperable disease, guides prognosis and allows accurate comparison of outcomes in ...
In the management of patients with esophageal cancer, distant metastases should be excluded with positron emission tomography (PET) scan or computed tomography (CT) scan before EUS is considered. In ...
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has become the most accurate imaging modality for locoregional cancer staging of the gastrointestinal tract. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has added a new level of accuracy ...
Endoscopic biopsy of lymph nodes between the two lungs (mediastinum) is a sensitive and accurate technique that can replace mediastinal surgery for staging lung cancer in patients with potentially ...
Correlation of blood levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and epidermal growth factor receptor and hemoglobin with response to therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients ...
The New England Journal of Medicine presents two videos on a cystic mediastinal mass. The first is an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showing moderate luminal narrowing, extending to the ...
Pilot study to test safety and efficacy of avelumab in small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not ...
Introduction: Patients with resectable lung cancer require invasive evaluation of the enlarged left adrenal gland (LAG). Few studies showed the utility of endoscopic ultrasound using ultrasound ...
Patients who underwent endoscopic testing prior to surgery for lung cancer had significantly better quality of life at the end of the staging process, with no significant difference in costs between ...
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We report an unusual case of a large mediastinal pseudocyst causing compression of cardiac chambers as well as the esophagus and presenting with a triad of dysphagia, chest pain and dyspnea. The ...