Endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration: effectiveness and accuracy in non-small cell lung cancer staging.

Maria Giovanna MastromarinoElena GuerriniGiacomo RabazziDiana BacchinAlessandro PicchiOlivia FanucchiVittorio AprileStylianos KorasidisGreta AlìAlessandro RibechiniMarco LucchiMarcello Carlo Ambrogi

Published in: Updates in surgery (2024)

EBUS-TBNA is a safe and effective procedure that offers high sensitivity and specificity when performed together with ROSE, which improves the accuracy of sampling. Doubt on nodal stations 5 and 6 involvement should be settled by other techniques.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
lymph node
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
minimally invasive
pet ct
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
radiation therapy
structural basis