Endoscopy and Radiation Therapy

Muslim Atiq, Alexander Dekovich, Manoop S. Bhutani

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Abstract

Endoscopic intervention plays an essential role in the diagnosis and management of complications related to radiation therapy such as strictures, inflammation, and perforation; it also plays a role as an adjunct to therapy. By means of interventional endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), multiple agents can be delivered via fine needle injection for the treatment of GI malignancies; agents such as recombinant adenovirus, cyto-implants, radiofrequency probes, photodynamic drugs, and radioactive seeds. Pancreas cancer is particularly amenable to EUS-guided interventions but long-term data on significant clinical impact are lacking. This edition first published 2013

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Cancer Patient
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages367-373
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9780470672464
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 26 2013

Keywords

  • Bougie esophageal dilatation
  • Esophageal balloon dilatation
  • Esophageal stricture
  • Malignant stricture
  • Radiation induced liver disease
  • Radiation proctitis
  • Radiation therapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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