The role of endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration for mediastinal nodal staging of non-small-cell lung cancer

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TUTAR N. , YURCI A., GÜNEŞ I. , GÜLMEZ I. , GÜRSOY Ş. , ÖNAL Ö. , ...More

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.66, no.2, pp.85-92, 2018 (Journal Indexed in ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 66 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.66866
  • Title of Journal : TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Page Numbers: pp.85-92

Abstract

Introduction: Mediastinal and hilar nodal staging is one of the key points for differentiating treatment modalities in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of the present study was to determinate the diagnostic yields of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA), endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and combined EBUS-TBNA and EUS-FNA modalities for nodal staging in potentially operable NSCLC patients.