Rationale: Current guidelines for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) mediastinal staging
recommend starting invasive staging with endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a devastating impact around the world. With
high rates of transmission and no curative therapies or vaccine yet available, the current …

Mediastinal staging is a crucial step in the management of patients with NSCLC. With the
recent development of novel techniques, mediastinal staging has evolved from an activity of …

Accurate determination of lymph-node (LN) metastases is a prerequisite for high precision
radiotherapy. The primary aim is to characterise the performance of PET/CT-based machine …

Surgery remains an essential element of the multimodality radical treatment of patients with
early-stage nonsmall cell lung cancer. In addition, thoracic surgery is one of the key …

Abstract Background and Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and clinical
usefulness of endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS …

Purpose Guidelines recommend that non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with
suspected hilar lymph node (LN) metastases should undergo invasive mediastinal LN …

Introduction: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-
TBNA) is a low-invasive modality that shows excellent sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in …

Lung cancer staging, the established role of bronchoscopy : Current Opinion in Pulmonary
Medicine Lung cancer staging, the established role of bronchoscopy : Current Opinion in …

Objectives Systematic mediastinal staging (sampling all visible nodes measuring≥ 5 mm
from N3 station to N1, regardless of PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed …