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- David I Fielding and Noriaki Kurimoto.
- Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Butterfield Street, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia. david_fielding@health.qld.gov.au
- Clin. Chest Med. 2013 Sep 1; 34 (3): 385-94.
AbstractIn the staging of mediastinal lymph nodes before lung cancer surgery, endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspirations (EBUS-TBNA) have proven to be highly sensitive and specific as well as safe. Although positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been a major development in the preoperative workup of patients with lung cancer, EBUS-TBNA has superior test performance and PET/CT cannot be regarded as a substitute for tissue sampling with EBUS-TBNA. In general, EBUS-TBNA staging is needed for any patient with CT nodes greater than 1 cm in short axis, or PET-positive mediastinal nodes.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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