Open AccessEndobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration can improve the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography/computed tomography in hilar and/or mediastinal lymphadenopathy
Author(s) -
Chuancai Xu,
Wei Lei,
JianHua Jiang,
Zi-Rui Wang,
Caifang Ni,
Jianan Huang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_17_19
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , positron emission tomography , endobronchial ultrasound , lung cancer , mediastinoscopy , pet ct , lymph , lung cancer staging , biopsy , nuclear medicine , bronchoscopy , pathology
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) are the two most extensively used methods for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer.