Interventional endoscopic ultrasonography: applications for cancer related treatment

Dig Endosc. 2009 Jul:21 Suppl 1:S57-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2009.00865.x.

Abstract

For tissue diagnosis in patients with abnormalities of various organs, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has emerged as an effective technique. Subsequently, EUS-guided fine needle injection (EUS-FNI) has expanded the clinical utility of EUS. Several applications of EUS-FNI for anti-cancer efforts have included celiac nerve blocking and drug delivery into tumors, such as ablation, chemotherapy, gene therapy, and cytoimplantation. Furthermore, chemosensitivity tests with materials obtained using EUS-FNA are available to produce tailor-made medicines. Demonstrably, EUS-guided intervention has opened new and exciting clinical applications for the management of malignancies.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Endosonography / methods*
  • Genetic Therapy / methods
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy / methods
  • Injections / methods
  • Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Pain, Intractable / therapy
  • Palliative Care / methods
  • Tattooing / methods
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents