Guideline for the Acquisition and Preparation of Conventional and Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Specimens for the Diagnosis and Molecular Testing of Patients with Known or Suspected Lung Cancer | Zendy

Erik H.F.M. van der Heijden | Zendy; Roberto F. Casal | Zendy; Rocco Trisolini | Zendy; Daniel P. Steinfort | Zendy; Bin Hwangbo | Zendy; Takahiro Nakajima | Zendy; Birgit Guldhammer-Skov | Zendy; Giulio Rossi | Zendy; M. Ferretti | Zendy; Felix J.F. Herth | Zendy; Rex Yung | Zendy; Mark Krasnik | Zendy

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Guideline for the Acquisition and Preparation of Conventional and Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Specimens for the Diagnosis and Molecular Testing of Patients with Known or Suspected Lung Cancer

Author(s) -

Erik H.F.M. van der Heijden,

Roberto F. Casal,

Rocco Trisolini,

Daniel P. Steinfort,

Bin Hwangbo,

Takahiro Nakajima,

Birgit Guldhammer-Skov,

Giulio Rossi,

M. Ferretti,

Felix J.F. Herth,

Rex Yung,

Mark Krasnik

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

respiration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1423-0356

pISSN - 0025-7931

DOI - 10.1159/000368857

Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , bronchoscopy , guideline , radiology , sedation , inclusion and exclusion criteria , medical physics , cochrane library , pathology , surgery , meta analysis , alternative medicine

Conventional transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-TBNA are widely accepted tools for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer and the initial procedure of choice for staging. Obtaining adequate specimens is key to provide a specific histologic and molecular diagnosis of lung cancer.

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