Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
Manuscript ID	12872
Country	United States

Received	2014-07-28 18:36
Peer-Review Started	2014-07-29 16:13
To Make the First Decision	2014-08-14 14:33
Return for Revision	2014-08-18 11:40
Revised	2014-09-17 15:38
Second Decision	2014-10-27 16:45
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-10-27 17:05
Articles in Press	2014-10-27 17:05
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Review
Article Title	Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of hepatic, gallbladder and biliary tract Lesions
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Ghassan M Hammoud, Ashraf Almashhrawi and Jamal A Ibdah
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Jamal A Ibdah, MD, PhD, Professor and Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 230 Jesse Hall, Columbia, MO 65212, United States. ibdahj@health.missouri.edu
Key Words	Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Bile duct stricture; Gallbladder; Cholangiocarcinoma; Biliary drainage
Core Tip	The present article reviews the usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in patients with focal liver and biliary tract lesions. We conducted MEDLINE search using the terms “endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration”, “focal liver lesions” and “biliary tract lesions”, “EUS and biliary stricture”, EUS and focal liver mass”, “EUS and cholangiocarcinoma” and “EUS and gallbladder” to retrieve articles published between 1999 to 2014.
Publish Date	2014-11-14 13:02
Citation	Hammoud GM, Almashhrawi A, Ibdah JA. Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of hepatic, gallbladder and biliary tract Lesions. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2014; 6(11): 420-429
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v6/i11/420.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v6.i11.420

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