Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: Are two better than one in mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
2980357	The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2014	10 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The combined endoscopic approach with EBUS-TBNA and EUS-FNA is a safe and accurate method for preoperative hilar and mediastinal staging of NSCLC, with better results than with each technique by itself.

Keywords

EBUS EUS EBUS-TBNA EUS-FNA 10.2 TBNA transbronchial needle aspiration endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration computed tomography Non–small cell lung cancer NSCLC endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration Endobronchial ultrasound endoscopic ultrasound