Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains one of the deadliest cancers worldwide, and has a poor,
five-year survival rate of 5%. Although complete surgical resection is the only curative …

This is one of a series of statements discussing the use of GI endoscopy in common clinical
situations. The Standards of Practice Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal …

The 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging of epithelial
cancers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction (EGJ) presents separate …

These guidelines provide a practical and evidence-based resource for the management of
patients with Barrett's oesophagus and related early neoplasia. The Appraisal of Guidelines …

This is an official guideline of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE),
produced in cooperation with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European …

Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound–
guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in diagnosing the correct etiology for a solid …

BACKGROUND: EUS-guided FNA (EUS-FNA) permits both morphologic and cytologic
analysis of lesions within or adjacent to the GI tract. Although previous studies have …

Endoscopic biliary stenting is the most common method of treating obstructive jaundice. We
present a new technique of biliary drainage using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and EUS …

In the United States, an estimated 20,000 new cases of liver and biliary tract cancer are
diagnosed annually. 1 Biliary tract cancer is the second most common primary hepatobiliary …

2.0 BACKGROUND Mortality rates from intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma have risen steeply
and steadily over the past 30 years and since the mid 1990s more deaths have been coded …