Ultrasonography for Pancreatobiliary Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Causes, Screening and Diagnosis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 1266
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The incidence and mortality rate of pancreatobiliary cancer, which has a poor prognosis, are rising rapidly. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and abdominal ultrasonography play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of this cancer, and abdominal ultrasonography is useful for the screening. EUS provides superior spatial resolution compared with other imaging modalities such as transabdominal ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and it is considered among the most reliable and efficient diagnostic modalities for pancreatic lesions. Therefore, it is useful for the detection of small pancreatic lesions. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has a high accuracy rate and low complication rate; thus, it is the final tool dictating the therapeutic strategy. EUS-FNA-related technique (interventional EUS) has been extensively applied to the treatment of pancreatobiliary diseases. This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in terms of both the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatobiliary cancer.
Dr. Yasunobu Yamashita
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- endoscopic ultrasonography
- abdominal ultrasonography
- early diagnosis project
- screening
- EUS-FNA
- interventional EUS
- enhancement EUS
- EUS-RFA
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