A team of providers from Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine became the first in the U.S. to treat a pancreatic lesion using endoscopic ultrasound-guided microwave ablation.  Led by Shailendra Singh, ...

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is the diagnostic modality of choice for various pancreatic pathologies. A recent study has suggested that EUS evaluation during diagnostic workup is a predictor of ...

Researchers report that endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) are 99.1 percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms (abnormal growths or ...

Endoscopic ultrasound is increasingly used in the evaluation of chronic pancreatitis. Chronic pancreatitis is a continuing inflammatory disease of the pancreas characterized by irreversible ...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is projected to become the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States by 2030 ...

Pancreatic pseudocyst, the most common cystic lesion of the pancreas, is a localized collection of fluid rich in amylase within or adjacent to the pancreas and enclosed by a nonepithelialized wall, ...

Kyung W. Noh, MD, Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine ...

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is an accurate modality for the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer. The ability of EUS to predict the absence of pancreatic cancer in individuals suspected to have ...

A: Gastrointestinal endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is an important tool for cancer staging because many treatment algorithms are determined by EUS tumor staging. Computed tomography (CT) scan should ...

Phase II trial of hepatic arterial infusion of fluorouracil and recombinant human interferon alfa-2b for liver metastases of colorectal cancer refractory to systemic fluorouracil and leucovorin. EUS ...

Development of a National Cancer Registry in a Low Resourced Country: The Case of Kenya National Cancer Registry Programme Background: Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer ...