The critical role of EBUS ‐TBNA cytology in the staging of mediastinal lymph nodes in lung cancer patients: A correlation study with positron emission tomography findings

CONCLUSIONSThe data demonstrate that EBUS‐TBNA cytology improves the diagnostic accuracy of mediastinal LNs and clinical staging. Furthermore, EBUS‐TBNA may identify additional malignant LNs (7.4%), and this highlights the risk for false‐negative findings with PET scanning in isolation. Cancer (Cancer Cytopathol) 2017. © 2017 American Cancer Society.

Source: Cancer Cytopathology - June 1, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: Mohammed T. Lilo, Derek B. Allison, Bouchra K. Younes, Min Cui, Fred B. Askin, Edward Gabrielson, Qing Kay Li Tags: Original Article Source Type: research