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AUTHOR
Lars Helmstaedter
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Tumeurs de l’œsophage Le rôle de l’endoscopie dans la prise en charge thérapeutique
2007
Introduction: L’endoscopie gastro-intestinale a evolue depuis son application purement diagnostique vers une discipline de plus en plus therapeutique. Le role de l’endoscopie dans la prise en charge therapeutique des tumeurs œsophagiennes fait la distinction entre traitement curatif ou palliatif.
Endoscopic ultrasound and early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
2007
Incidence of pancreatic cancer has increased, but prognosis remains poor. Curative treatment is dependent on early diagnosis. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has been described as highly sensitive and accurate in staging, superior to other imaging modalities in early publications. With rapid advances in technology, other imaging techniques have reached better results. EUS still has the highest accuracy in assessing tumor size and lymph node involvement. For assessment of tumor respectability, a combination of a computed tomography (CT) scan and EUS seems to be the procedure with the highest accuracy. Promising new techniques might improve the diagnostic yield of EUS. But there are several reaso…