title: Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Direct Intervention for Solid Pancreatic Tumors.
abstract: Development and use of linear-array echoendoscope and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) have made endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) more of an interventional procedure than a purely diagnostic procedure. This is a literature review of previously published clinical studies on EUS-guided direct intervention for solid pancreatic tumors, including EUS-guided fine needle injection (EUS-FNI) of antitumor agents, EUS-guided fiducial marker placement, EUS-guided brachytherapy and EUS-guided tumor ablation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Jimin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Chang
keywords: Endosonography; Fine needle injection; Pancreatic neoplasms; Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor