Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is characterized by rapid growth and high metastatic capacity.
It has strong epidemiologic and biologic links to tobacco carcinogens. Although the majority …

The treatment goal for patients with early-stage lung cancer is cure. Multidisciplinary
discussions of surgical resectability and medical operability determine the modality of …

Cancer is one of the most widespread challenges and important diseases, which has the
highest mortality rate. Lung cancer is the most common type of cancer, so that about 25% of …

Diagnosis and clinical staging of lung cancer are fundamental to planning therapy. The
techniques for clinical staging, ie. anatomic and metabolic imaging, endoscopies and …

Whether endosonography can replace mediastinoscopy as the initial procedure for
mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer remains controversial. Herein, we perform …

The role of the respiratory physician in diagnosing lung cancer has increased in complexity
over the last 20 years. Adenocarcinoma is now the prevailing histopathological sub-type of …

Guidelines recommend endosonography for mediastinal nodal staging in patients with
resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We hypothesise that a systematic …

Objectives Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-
TBNA) has become a standard procedure, but little is known about its infectious …

Background In advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), small biopsy specimens from
endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) are often …

Endoscopy of the airway is a valuable tool for the evaluation and management of airway
disease. It can be used to evaluate many different bronchopulmonary diseases including …