Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Locoregional Treatments for Solid Pancreatic Neoplasms.

ABSTRACT: Solid pancreatic neoplasms are one of the most diagnosed gastrointestinal malignancies thanks to the current and progressive advances in radiologic methods. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided techniques have over time gained a prominent role in the differential diagnosis and characterization of these pancreatic lesions, including pancreatic cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, and metastases. Recently, several endoscopic ultrasound-guided locoregional treatment techniques, which are divided into thermal ablative techniques and non-thermal injection techniques, have been developed and applied in different settings for the treatment of solid pancreatic neoplasms. The most common ablative techniques are radiofrequency, microwave, laser, photodynamic therapy and hybrid techniques such as hybrid cryotherma

SUBMITTER: Di Gialleonardo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10571848 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature