Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in the Nodal Staging of Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy Patients

Concordance of PET/CT and EBUS-TBNA for nodal disease was only moderate. Incorporating EBUS-TBNA into the staging workup was beneficial in identifying occult nodal metastasis that would otherwise be left untreated with SABR and in expanding the pool of potentially SABR-eligible patients.