Emerging endoscopic techniques in oncology.
New techniques have expanded the role of endoscopy in the diagnosis, staging, therapy, and palliation of malignancies. Three major areas of emerging technologies--endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), luminal stent technology, and photodynamic therapy (PDT)--are discussed in this article. Although EUS and PDT have been used for more than two decades, they have only recently emerged as established integral methods in the armamentarium of the gastrointestinal endoscopist.
Noh
Kyung W
KW
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
Woodward
Timothy A
TA
Wallace
Michael B
MB
D004724:Endoscopy / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods*