A decade's experience of managing suspected pancreatic adenocarcinoma at a tertiary cancer center.

Background: We present our experience and established management strategy for endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in diagnosing suspected pancreatic neoplasms at a tertiary referral cancer hospital.

Method: Relevant data were extracted from our database for patients who underwent EUS-FNA for suspected pancreatic neoplasms at our institution between 2007 and 2016.

Results: Among the 309 patients, the median age was 67 years and 56% were men.

The conundrum in endoscopic management of duodenal polyps: a tertiary cancer center experience.

Background: Endoscopic mucosal resection of duodenal polyps (EMR) is a challenging intervention. The aim of this study was to review the patient characteristics, techniques, procedure outcomes, adverse events, and recurrence of duodenal polyps.

Research Design And Methods: Patients were included if they had pathologically confirmed non-ampullary duodenal polyps and had received EMR with at least one follow-up EGD for surveillance.

How much progress have we made?: a 20-year experience regarding esophageal stents for the palliation of malignant dysphagia.

Esophageal stents are widely used for the palliation of malignant esophageal obstruction. Advances in technology have made esophageal stenting technically feasible and widespread for such obstruction, but complications remain frequent. We present outcomes of a large cohort undergoing esophageal stent placement for malignant esophageal obstruction at a tertiary care cancer center.