Efforts to improve the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for pancreatic tumors

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is widely used to obtain a definitive diagnosis of pancreatic tumors. Good results have been reported for its diagnostic accuracy, with high sensitivity and specificity of around 90%; however, technological developments and adaptations to...

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Published inEndoscopic Ultrasound Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 225 - 232
Main Authors Yamabe, Akane, Irisawa, Atsushi, Bhutani, Manoop, Shibukawa, Goro, Fujisawa, Mariko, Sato, Ai, Yoshida, Yoshitsugu, Arakawa, Noriyuki, Ikeda, Tsunehiko, Igarashi, Ryo, Maki, Takumi, Yamamoto, Shogo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Publications 01.07.2016
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Subjects
Diagnosis
Endoscopic ultrasonography
Innovations
Management
Medical care quality
Needle biopsy
Pancreatic cancer
Review
endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration
Diagnostic accuracy
pancreatic tumors
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Summary:Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is widely used to obtain a definitive diagnosis of pancreatic tumors. Good results have been reported for its diagnostic accuracy, with high sensitivity and specificity of around 90%; however, technological developments and adaptations to improve it still further are currently underway. The endosonographic technique can be improved when several tips and tricks useful to overcome challenges of EUS-FNA are known. This review provides various techniques and equipment for improvement in the diagnostic accuracy in EUS-FNA.
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ISSN:2303-9027
2226-7190
DOI:10.4103/2303-9027.187862