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 language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Cancer Patient |
Publisher | John Wiley and Sons |
Pages | 367-373 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780470672464 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 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