CancerCompass message board discussion started by rosie78 on 4/18/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,23171,0.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hi my friend's mum has had problems with indigestion for years and she has recently had an endo.  My friend did not say what the results were, I don't think she knows, but said the hospital now want her mum to have an Ultrasound.  I did not know why they would do this, but now I've read that it can be for detecting early cancer.... does this mean they think she has cancer?? She is 68. rosie78 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi there,  I think they probably mean an EUS...endoscopic ultrasonography...It does not always mean that she has cancer..It is also  used as a diagnostic tool ..Check out this website..http://www.askasge.org/PatientInfoIndex.aspx?id=380 Good luck to her!angie n 4/18/2008 rosie78 wrote:Hi my friend's mum has had problems with indigestion for years and she has recently had an endo.  My friend did not say what the results were, I don't think she knows, but said the hospital now want her mum to have an Ultrasound.  I did not know why they would do this, but now I've read that it can be for detecting early cancer.... does this mean they think she has cancer?? She is 68.  angree Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thanks!My friend told me they found nothing wrong on her mother's endoscopy so that is good news!!!!! No Barretts or cancer! rosie78 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT