Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging in Potentially Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective Comparison of CT and EUS/EUS-FNA | Zendy

Ichiro Yasuda | Zendy; Tatsuo Kato | Zendy; Fumihiro Asano | Zendy; Kenichi Okubo | Zendy; Salem Omar | Zendy; Nobuo Kako | Zendy; Shigeo Yasuda | Zendy; Kimiyasu Sano | Zendy; N. Soehendra | Zendy; Hisataka Moriwaki | Zendy

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Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging in Potentially Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective Comparison of CT and EUS/EUS-FNA

Author(s) -

Ichiro Yasuda,

Tatsuo Kato,

Fumihiro Asano,

Kenichi Okubo,

Salem Omar,

Nobuo Kako,

Shigeo Yasuda,

Kimiyasu Sano,

N. Soehendra,

Hisataka Moriwaki

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

respiration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1423-0356

pISSN - 0025-7931

DOI - 10.1159/000235544

Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , lung cancer , endoscopic ultrasound , mediastinal lymph node , stage (stratigraphy) , lymph node , fine needle aspiration , prospective cohort study , pleural effusion , mediastinum , carcinoma , cancer , biopsy , metastasis , paleontology , biology

Mediastinal lymph node staging (N-staging) is essential to optimize the treatment in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has recently been introduced as a complementary method. However, in most reports, EUS-FNA has been performed in patients who have demonstrated enlarged lymph nodes (LNs) on CT findings. The yield of EUS/EUS-FNA in patients without enlarged mediastinal LNs by CT has so far only been evaluated in a few reports.

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