title: [Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Local Therapy of Pancreatic Tumors].
abstract: The development of curvilinear EUS has enabled EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration of intra-abdominal mass lesions. With the introduction of interventional EUS, this technology has undergone several modifications in order to be applied to clinical medicine. One of the potential uses of interventional EUS is the EUS-guided local therapy of pancreatic tumors. Various treatment modalities such as fine-needle injection, radiofrequency ablation, photodynamic therapy, laser ablation, and brachytherapy have been tried under EUS guidance. Some of these modalities are being applied clinically. These methods for EUS-guided local therapy of pancreatic tumors will be reviewed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Won Jae
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Wan
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents
keywords: Endosonography; Neoplasms; Pancreas; Therapeutics