Endoscopic Management of Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Malignancies
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 February 2024) | Viewed by 1713
Special Issue Editors
2. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Interests: interventional endoscopy; gastroenterology; pediatric interventional endoscopy; biliary and pancreatic disorders in adults and children
2. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: gastrointestinal endoscopy; cholangiopathies; biliary tract neoplasms; biomedical technology; multimodal imaging; minority health; healthcare disparities
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Endoscopic management has become a cornerstone in the clinical care of patients with gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancies, and its role in this regard continues to expand. These malignancies constitute a large, heterogeneous, and impactful group of diseases and, as such, the benefits of endoscopy as a minimally invasive platform, be it in diagnosis, staging, curative treatment, or palliation, are far-reaching at an individual and public health level. Despite the fact that endoscopic management used to be limited to diagnostic luminal endoscopy, modalities and interventions such as endoscopic ultrasound, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, cholangioscopy, stenting, ablation, resection, etc., have opened new horizons and paved vital care pathways for patients. These, in turn, can be coupled with various multi-disciplinary approaches to optimize clinical outcomes.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the advances, challenges, and trends in the endoscopic management of gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic malignancies, with the aim of improving and expanding existing approaches, inspiring new ones, and providing greater options for patients with these malignancies.
Dr. Monique T. Barakat
Dr. James H. Tabibian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adenocarcinoma
- lymphoma
- squamous cell carcinoma
- biliary tract diseases
- endoscopic resection
- palliative therapy
- population health
- ERCP
- EUS
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