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EUS-guided FNA for diagnosis of solid pancreatic neoplasms: a meta-analysis.

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Gastrointestinal symptoms after pelvic radiotherapy: role for the gastroenterologist?

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MicroRNAs Targeting Oncogenes Are Down-Regulated in Pancreatic Malignant Transformation from Benign Tumors

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Comparing the miRNA expression signatures in pancreatic benign cystic tumors of low and high malignant potential with PDAC revealed 21 miRNAs down-regulated in PDAC compared to SMCA, the most benign lesion that rarely progresses to invasive carcinoma.
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Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic neoplasms: a meta-analysis.

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Endoscopic balloon dilatation versus endoscopic sphincterotomy for the removal of bile duct stones: a prospective randomised trial

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Endoscopic balloon dilatation offers no significant advantage over the well established technique of endoscopic sphincterotomy for the removal of bile duct stones.
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Diagnostic and therapeutic utility of single-operator peroral cholangioscopy for indeterminate biliary lesions and bile duct stones

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SOC is useful for the differential diagnosis of indeterminate biliary lesions and the treatment of ‘difficult’ biliary stones and the adequacy of SOC-guided biopsies is related to the number of specimens obtained.
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Analysis of Endoscopic Radiofrequency Ablation of Biliary Malignant Strictures in Pancreatic Cancer Suggests Potential Survival Benefit

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Endoscopic RFA is a safe and efficacious adjunctive treatment in patients with advanced pancreatic malignancy and biliary obstruction and may confer early survival benefit.
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Elevated Levels of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Bile From Patients With Malignant Pancreatobiliary Disease

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NGAL in bile is a novel potential biomarker to help distinguish benign from malignant biliary obstruction and its diagnostic accuracy was confirmed in the second independent validation cohort.
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Pancreatobiliary cytology in the multidisciplinary setting

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The role of endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration (EUS FNA) cytology in the clinical management of patients with pancreatic tumours in the setting of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) is discussed.
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Diagnostic utility of single-user peroral cholangioscopy in sclerosing cholangitis

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SOC is equally accurate in cancer diagnosis in sclerosing cholangitis and patients with single biliary strictures, however,Cholangioscope insertion may be hampered by bile duct narrowing and post-SOC cholangsitis is more common in sclerosis.
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