EUS-guided fiducial placement for GI malignancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Gastrointestinal endoscopy Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 659 - 670.e18
• Main Authors: Coronel, Emmanuel, Cazacu, Irina M., Sakuraba, Atsushi, Luzuriaga Chavez, Adriana Alexandra, Uberoi, Angad, Geng, Yimin, Tomizawa, Yutaka, Saftoiu, Adrian, Shin, Eun Ji, Taniguchi, Cullen M., Koong, Albert C, Herman, Joseph M., Bhutani, Manoop S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Endosonography - adverse effects; Fiducial Markers; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Humans; Prosthesis Implantation - adverse effects; Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Radiotherapy, Image-Guided; Ultrasonography, Interventional - adverse effects; df; IGRT; NOS; CI; SBRT

Image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) allows the delivery of radiation with high precision to a target lesion while minimizing toxicity to surrounding tissues. EUS provides excellent visualization of GI tumors and consequently is being used for fiducial placement with increased frequency. Our goal was to...