Repeat Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration in Patients with Suspected Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnostic Yield and Associated Change in Access to Appropriate Care

Table 2

Treatment and wait times divided by result of second EUS-FNA in patients who underwent repeat EUS-FNA for diagnosis of suspected pancreatic malignancy at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, between 2007 and 2014.

Cytopathology on 2nd EUS-FNA	Patients ()	Surgery performed	Chemotherapy started	Wait time to surgery or chemotherapy (days)	Interval between 1st and 2nd EUS-FNA (range)
Indeterminate	7 (15%)	0	0	—	28 (24–175)
Negative	16 (35%)	1	1	94, 148	39 (18–127)
Atypical	8 (18%)	1	1	36, 231	20 (9–37)
Likely	3 (7%)	2	0	33, 200	76 (16–80)
Diagnostic	7 (16%)	0	2	48, 265	19 (7–56)
NET	3 (7%)	2	0	84, 389	51 (28–56)
Lymphoma	1 (2%)	0	0	—	13

Treatment decisions and associated wait times following second EUS-FNA in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer (NET: neuroendocrine tumor; EUS-FNA: endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration).