Table 1. Efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fiducial placement.

Study	Patients (#)	Cancer (type)	Efficacy (%)	Adverse events (# of patients)
Pishvaian AC et al. 3	13	Mediastinal and abdominal malignancies	84.6	Infectious complication (1)
Varadarajulu S et al. 31	9	Pancreatic cancer	100	None
Ammar T et al. 27	13	Abdominal malignancies	100	None
Park WG et al. 30	57	Pancreatic cancer	94	Needle malfunction (1), and minor bleeding (1)
Sanders MK et al. 29	51	Pancreatic cancer	90	Mild pancreatitis (1)
DiMaio CJ et al. 5	30	Gastrointestinal malignancies	97	Infectious complication (1)
Choi JH et al. 2	32	Pancreatic and hepatic malignancy	100	Mild pancreatitis (1)
Majumder S et al. 21	77	Pancreatic cancer	90	Abdominal pain (3), vomiting (1), mild pancreatitis (1)
Davila Fajardo R et al. 32	23	Pancreatic cancer	100	Minor bleeding (1)