Endoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding caused by malignancy.
Hamzah Abu-SbeihDavid SzafronAhmed A ElkafrawyVictor Garcia-RodriguezWeijie MaAnn XuShruti KhuranaLaith NumanEllie ChenRyan GoldsteinAdrianne TsenYuanzun PengMariela Blum MurphyEdmund S KopetzNaruhiko IkomaMalek ShatilaWei QiaoGottumukkala S RajuWilliam A RossPhillip S GeEmmanuel CoronelYinghong WangPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2022)
This study indicates that endoscopy is a safe diagnostic tool in this patient population; while endoscopic treatments may help achieve hemostasis, it may not decrease the risk of recurrent bleeding or improve survival.