Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Prior Negative Mediastinoscopy

In patients with NSCLC and combined anterior and posterior lymph nodes, starting with EUS-FNA would preclude mediastinoscopy in more than one third of the patients. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided FNA is a safe outpatient procedure that is less invasive and less costly than mediastinoscopy.