EUS may help with the detection of earlier cancers and improved stage-appropriate management, including more selective performance of curative intent surgery.
EUS uses a flexible endoscope with a small ultrasound device built into the end; the ultrasound component produces sound waves to create visual images of the digestive tract which extend beyond the inner surface lining.
The study appears in the July issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer journal of the ASGE.
Read the ASGE news release about endoscopic ultrasound (pdf).
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