Safety and feasibility of percutaneous abdominal lavage cytology screening (PACS) prior to surgical resection for pancreatic cancer.

Shunsuke SugawaraMiyuki SoneRyosuke UminoDaisuke BanChihiro ItouShintaro KimuraTakumi OshimaMizuki OzawaTomoya TanishimaRakuhei NakamaSho MurakamiMasahiko KusumotoTakahiro MizuiTakeshi TakamotoSatoshi NaraMinoru Esaki

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2024)

PACS is a feasible and safe procedure that can be performed before pancreatectomy in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer. the suprapubic approach may be ideal and PACS could be a screening method to detect carcinomatous peritonitis.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
high grade
locally advanced
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
liver metastases
rectal cancer