@article{9c31b406df474a1e95e1d1afcaca723c,
title = "Efforts to improve the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for pancreatic tumors",
abstract = "Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is widely used to obtain a definitive diagnosis of pancreatic tumors. Good results have been reported for its diagnostic accuracy, with high sensitivity and specificity of around 90%; however, technological developments and adaptations to improve it still further are currently underway. The endosonographic technique can be improved when several tips and tricks useful to overcome challenges of EUS-FNA are known. This review provides various techniques and equipment for improvement in the diagnostic accuracy in EUS-FNA.",
keywords = "Diagnostic accuracy, Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration, Pancreatic tumors",
author = "Akane Yamabe and Atsushi Irisawa and Bhutani, {Manoop S.} and Goro Shibukawa and Mariko Fujisawa and Ai Sato and Yoshitsugu Yoshida and Noriyuki Arakawa and Tsunehiko Ikeda and Ryo Igarashi and Takumi Maki and Shogo Yamamoto",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 SPRING MEDIA PUBLISHING CO. LTD.",
year = "2016",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.4103/2303-9027.187862",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "225--232",
journal = "Endoscopic Ultrasound",
issn = "2303-9027",
publisher = "Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications",
number = "4",
}