Excellence in non-small cell lung cancer staging by endobronchial-TBNA: Comparison with PET-CT and surgery.

CONCLUSION: EBUS is a reliable, repeatable and safe technique with a high diagnostic accuracy and should be performed quickly to avoid superfluous time loss in the staging of lung cancer. Abbreviations PET-CT F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission computed tomography NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer EBUS-TBNA Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration SUVmax Maximum standardized uptake value LNs Lymph nodes TTF-1 Thyroid transcription factor-1 H&E Hematoxylin and eosin; Med: Mediastinoscopy VATS Video associated thoracic surgery AUC Area under curve OR Odds ratio CI Confidence intervals. PMID: 30261784 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies - Category: Surgery Tags: Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol Source Type: research