ArticleEndoscopic ultrasound
Quality of life impact of EUS in patients at risk for developing pancreatic cancer.
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- The role of endoscopic ultrasound in the detection of pancreatic lesions in high-risk individuals.Familial cancer · 2024Review
- Methods to increase the diagnostic efficiency of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for solid pancreatic lesions: An updated review.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2024Review
- Pancreatic cystic neoplasms: Adherence to management recommendations and associated endosonographic cyst characteristics.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology AssociationArticle
- Role of EUS combined with a newly modified scoring system to detect pancreatic high-grade precancerous lesions.Endoscopic ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
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objectivesThe current knowledge about the psychological impact of pancreatic cancer (PC) screening is limited. We aimed to assess the changes in quality of life (QOL) and level of distress after undergoing EUS in individuals with pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) and in patients at high risk for PC based on genetic and familial factors.
methodsEighty patients with PCL and/or increased genetic or familial risk for PC who had undergone EUS were contacted. Fifty percent of those patients successfully completed the brief profile of mood states (POMS) and the linear analog scale assessment (LASA) QOL questionnaires to evaluate their pre/post-EUS overall QOL. The effect size (ES) method was used to assess clinically meaningful changes in the scores.
resultsThere was a significant difference in patients' overall QOL scores before and after the EUS procedure (LASA, mean difference 0.73, standard deviation (SD) 1.76, ES 0.58, P < 0.01; brief POMS, mean difference -5.46, SD -6.72, ES 0.81, P < 0.01).
conclusionsQOL of patients with PCL or increased risk factors for PC is significantly improved after a EUS/EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) negative for malignancy.
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