title: Use of endoscopic ultrasound.
abstract: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) should be performed when it has the potential to affect the patient's management, as when establishing a diagnosis, performing locoregional tumor staging, or providing therapeutic intervention. Luminal malignancies, extraluminal malignancies, and other common indications for performing EUS are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sarah C. Upham Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Diseases, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Roxana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bodin
authors.forename: Wilbert S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: Shireen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pais
mesh_terms: D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic