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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 205-212 |
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Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer
Sara Colella1, Peter Vilmann2, Lars Konge3, Paul Frost Clementsen1
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark
2 Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
3 Centre for Clinical Education, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Correspondence Address:
Sara Colella
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup
Denmark
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DOI: 10.4103/2303-9027.144510
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We reviewed the role of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) and esophageal ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in the pretherapeutic assessment of patients with proven or suspected lung cancer. EUS-FNA and EBUS-TBNA have been shown to have a good diagnostic accuracy in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. In the future, these techniques in combination with positron emission tomography/computed tomographic may replace surgical staging in patients with suspected and proven lung cancer, but until then surgical staging remains the gold standard for adequate preoperative evaluation. |
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