PURPOSE The effects of preoperative versus postoperative fluorouracil (5-FU)-based
chemotherapy and irradiation on treatment toxicity, duration of treatment, tumor recurrence …

Pancreatic cancer represents the seventh leading cause of cancer death in the world,
responsible for more than 300,000 deaths per year. The most common tumor type among …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of on-site cytopathological
evaluation on the diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine needle …

Background: The factors that affect the number of needle passes needed to diagnose
pancreatic malignancies using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)–guided fine-needle aspiration …

BACKGROUND Although atypical or suspicious cytology may support a clinical diagnosis of
a malignancy, it is often not sufficient for the implementation of therapy in patients with …

Background: In many institutions, computed tomography (CT)–guided percutaneous fine-
needle aspiration (FNA) has become the procedure of choice for biopsies of pancreatic …

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is used to detect and delineate the extent of lesions in the
gastrointestinal tract, periluminal lymph nodes, pancreas and hepatobiliary tree, left kidney …

BACKGROUND: Image-guided FNA is a popular method for evaluating pancreatic lesions,
but few large studies on pancreatic FNA exist. METHODS: Cytologic material, imaging …

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO), the International Academy of Cytology, and
the International Agency for Research on Cancer, with expert contributors from around the …

Hypothesis Staging laparoscopy in patients with pancreatic cancer identifies unsuspected
metastases, allows treatment selection, and helps predict survival. Design Inception cohort …