title: Interventional endoscopic ultrasonography: applications for cancer related treatment.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. irisawa@fmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Irisawa
authors.forename: Takuto
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hikichi
authors.forename: Goro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shibukawa
authors.forename: Tadayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Hidemichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods; D007267:Injections / Q000379:methods; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D013653:Tattooing / Q000379:methods; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents