Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis and preoperative staging of pancreatic cancer

Background and Aims: Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is a diagnostic method designed for the accurate detection and staging of tumors of the pancreas. It is often performed because of a clinical suspicion of pancreatic cancer, when the results of other noninvasive diagnostic tests are indeterminate. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of EUS in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer. Patients and Methods: Patients with a suspicion of pancreatic cancer who had undergone CT and EUS were retrospectively reviewed. In those who participated in surgery, the surgical and/or pathological finding…