1.A multicenter comparative study of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy using a Franseen needle versus conventional endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration to evaluate microsatellite instability in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer
Tadayuki TAKAGI ; Mitsuru SUGIMOTO ; Hidemichi IMAMURA ; Yosuke TAKAHATA ; Yuki NAKAJIMA ; Rei SUZUKI ; Naoki KONNO ; Hiroyuki ASAMA ; Yuki SATO ; Hiroki IRIE ; Jun NAKAMURA ; Mika TAKASUMI ; Minami HASHIMOTO ; Tsunetaka KATO ; Ryoichiro KOBASHI ; Yuko HASHIMOTO ; Goro SHIBUKAWA ; Shigeru MARUBASHI ; Takuto HIKICHI ; Hiromasa OHIRA
Clinical Endoscopy 2023;56(1):107-113
Background/Aims:
Immune checkpoint blockade has recently been reported to be effective in treating microsatellite instability (MSI)-high tumors. Therefore, sufficient sampling of histological specimens is necessary in cases of unresectable pancreatic cancer (UR-PC). This multicenter study investigated the efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) using a Franseen needle for MSI evaluation in patients with UR-PC.
Methods:
A total of 89 patients with UR-PC who underwent endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) or EUS-FNB using 22-G needles at three hospitals in Japan (2018–2021) were enrolled. Fifty-six of these patients (FNB 23 and FNA 33) were followed up or evaluated for MSI. Patient characteristics, UR-PC data, and procedural outcomes were compared between patients who underwent EUS-FNB and those who underwent EUS-FNA.
Results:
No significant difference in terms of sufficient tissue acquisition for histology was observed between patients who underwent EUS-FNB and those who underwent EUS-FNA. MSI evaluation was possible significantly more with tissue samples obtained using EUS-FNB than with tissue samples obtained using EUS-FNA (82.6% [19/23] vs. 45.5% [15/33], respectively; p<0.01). In the multivariate analysis, EUS-FNB was the only significant factor influencing the possibility of MSI evaluation.
Conclusions
EUS-FNB using a Franseen needle is desirable for ensuring sufficient tissue acquisition for MSI evaluation.
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