Incidence and clinical relevance of non-small cell lung cancer lymph node micro-metastasis detected by staging endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.

Conclusions: Occult LN MMs can be detected in EBUS-TBNA specimens obtained during staging examinations and are associated with poor clinical outcomes. If prospectively confirmed, these results have significant implications for EBUS-TBNA specimen analyses and possibly for the NSCLC staging paradigm. PMID: 31559073 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research