DOI: 10.1055/s-00000012

Endoscopy

Issue S 1 · Volume 39 · June 2006 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-4955 EUS 2006: 15th International Symposium on Endoscopic Ultrasound


EUS 2006. 15th International Symposium on Endoscopic Ultrasound: Learning live and looking forward
Amsterdam, 28–30 June 2006

Guest editor: Paul Fockens, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Abstracts (HTML) List of Authors

Welcome

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Fockens, P.: EUS 2006: Welcome

Invited papers

Esophageal tumors

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Waxman, I.: EUS and EMR/ESD: Is EUS in patients with Barrett’s esophagus with high-grade dysplasia or intramucosal adenocarcinoma necessary prior to endoscopic mucosal resection?
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Vazquez-Sequeiros, E.: Nodal staging: Number or site of nodes? How to improve accuracy? Is FNA always necessary? Junctional tumors - what's N and what's M?
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Meenan, J.: Staging stenotic oesophageal tumours: Are CT and/or PET enough? Dilate or not?
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Das, A.; Chak, A.: Reassessment of patients with esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant therapy
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Marsman, W. A.; Fockens, P.: State of the art lecture: EUS for esophageal tumors

Pancreatitis and cholelithiasis

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Seewald, S.; Omar, S.; Soehendra, N.: Acute pancreatitis: The acute attack. Acute recurrent pancreatitis
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O’Toole, D.; Palazzo, L.: Choledocholithiasis - a practical approach from the endosonographer
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Levy, M. J.; Wiersema, M. J.; Chari, S. T.: Chronic pancreatitis: Focal pancreatitis or cancer? Is there a role for FNA/biopsy? Autoimmune pancreatitis
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Napoléon, B.; Lefort, C.; Gincoul, R.: State of the art lecture: Lithiasis and pancreatitis

Pancreato-biliary tumors

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Brugge, W. R.: Cystic pancreatic lesions: Can we diagnose them accurately what to look for? FNA marker molecular analysis resection, surveillance, or endoscopic treatment?
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Inui, K.; Miyoshi, H.; Yoshino, J.: Bile duct cancers: What can EUS offer? Intraductal US, 3D-IDUS? FNA - is it possible?
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Al-Haddad, M.; Wallace, M. B.: Molecules and markers for endosonographers: What do we need to know and measure?
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Maguchi, H.; Takahashi, K.; Osanai, M.; Katanuma, A.: Small pancreatic lesions: Is there need for EUS-FNA preoperatively? What to do with the incidental lesions?
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Chang, K. J.: State of the art lecture: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and FNA in pancreatico-biliary tumors

Training and teaching EUS

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Barthet, M.; Gasmi, M.: Teaching and credentialing in France
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Matsuda, K.; Hawes, R. H.; Sahai, A. V.; Tajiri, H.: The role of simulators, models, phantoms. Where's the evidence?
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Faigel, D. O.: Quality, competency and endosonography
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Rösch, T.: State of the art lecture: Endoscopic ultrasonography: Training and competence

Mediastinal EUS

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Savides, T. J.; Behling, C. M.: EUS for unexplained mediastinal lesions
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Annema, J. T.; Rabe, K. F.: Lung cancer patients with small nodes on CT - what's the next step?
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Lennon, A. M.; Rintoul, R. C.; Penman, I. D.: Competition for EUS (a) EBUS-TBNA (b) video assisted thoracoscopy
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Vilmann, P.; Herth, F.; Krasnik, M.: State of the art lecture: Mediastinal EUS

Therapeutic EUS & new technology

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Chang, K. J.: EUS-guided fine needle injection (FNI) and anti-tumor therapy
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Giovannini, M.; Pesenti, Ch.; Bories, E.; Caillol, F.: Interventional EUS: Difficult pancreaticobiliary access
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Fritscher-Ravens, A.: EUS - experimental and evolving techniques
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Hawes, R. H.: Looking forward - what will EUS be doing in 10 years?

EUS & EBUS in pulmonary medicine

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Herth, F. J. F.; Krasnik, M.; Vilmann, P.: EBUS-TBNA for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer
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Krasnik, M.; Vilmann, P.; Herth, F.: EUS-FNA and EBUS-TBNA; the pulmonologist’s and surgeon's perspective
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Rintoul, R.: Towards complete endoscopic staging of the mediastinum?
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Al-Haddad, M.; Wallace, M. B.: EUS-FNA and biomarkers for the staging of non-small cell lung cancer
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Annema, J. T.; Rabe, K. F.: State of the art lecture: EUS and EBUS in pulmonary medicine
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Kida, M.: Standard visualization of biliopancreatic system by EUS