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Review
. 2014 Oct;3(4):205-12.
doi: 10.4103/2303-9027.144510.

Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer

Sara Colella  1 , Peter Vilmann  2 , Lars Konge  3 , Paul Frost Clementsen  1
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Review

Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer

Sara Colella et al. Endosc Ultrasound. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Cancer; diagnosis; endobronchial ultrasound; endosonography; esophageal ultrasound; lung; staging.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Invasive procedures
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Figure 2
Structures that can be reached by EBUS and EUS
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The correct order of taking biopsies
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