• Preyas J Vaidya, Arvind H Kate, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, and Prashant N Chhajed.
• Institute of Pulmonology, Medical Research and Development, Mumbai, India.
• Expert Rev Respir Med. 2015 Feb 1; 9 (1): 45-53.

AbstractLung cancer is one of the most prevalent types of cancer in the world. A complete diagnosis of lung cancer involves tissue acquisition for pathological subtype, molecular diagnosis and accurate staging of the disease to guide appropriate therapy. Real-time endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is minimally invasive and relatively safe procedure, which can be done on an outpatient basis under moderate sedation. EBUS-TBNA has been shown to be a safe modality to obtain tissue for diagnosis, staging and molecular profiling in lung cancer. EBUS-TBNA stands out in comparison with other modalities for tissue acquisition in lung cancer. EBUS-TBNA performed with the patient under moderate sedation yields sufficient tissue for sequential molecular analysis in most patients. In this review, we describe the role of EBUS-TBNA in various aspects of diagnosis and staging of lung cancer in the present era along with its future aspects.

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