Restaging after radiotherapy and chemotherapy: value of endoscopic ultrasonography.
The outcome in gastroenterological tumors is determined by many factors. Prospective studies are required to prove the clinical value of endoscopic ultrasonography. Endoscopic ultrasonography as a staging tool may have only indirect influence on the outcome by providing potentially better selection criteria for the application of different treatments that are stage dependent.
Hordijk
M L
ML
Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt, The Netherlands.
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography