title: The year of improved tissue acquisition, randomized trials, and endoscopic ultrasound-guided therapy.
abstract: Presentations at this year's Digestive Disease Week (DWW; 7-10 May, 2011; Chicago, Illinois, USA) reflected a very active year for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). There were numerous abstracts on EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and core biopsy to improve tissue acquisition, improve diagnostic accuracy, and indeed go beyond routine cytology and tissue diagnosis. EUS-guided therapy including drainage, anastomoses, injection of therapeutic agents, and ablation were other common themes with a lot of new information presented, much of which was obtained from randomized trials. This review discusses in detail some of the abstracts that followed a common theme. Additional interesting abstracts on this topic are listed at the end of the review.
authors: Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Unit 1466, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030-4009, USA. manoop.bhutani@mdanderson.org
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mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D019160:Endosonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic