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Interventional EUS for the treatment of pancreatic cancer
Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, 06/25/09
Ashida R et al. - Review will focus on interventional endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Interventional EUS includes:
- Contrast injection and drainage/anastomosis
- Celiac plexus neurolysis (CPN) and ganglion neurolysis (CGN)
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and photodynamic therapy (PDT)
- EUS-guided Brachytherapy (EUS-BrTx)
- Delivery of anti-tumor agents:
- Allogenic mixed lymphocyte culture (cytoimplant)
- ONYX-015 in pancreatic cancer
- TNFerade in pancreatic cancer
- Immature dendritic cells (DC) against pancreatic cancer
- Oncolytic herpes simplex virus carrying the GM-CSF gene (Onco VEXGMCSF) against pancreatic cancer
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