One hundred twenty-four consecutive patients with tissue-proven stage IIIA-N2 disease who were treated with induction chemotherapy and who had undergone mediastinal restaging by EBUS-TBNA were ...

Nov. 7, 2002 (San Diego) — In a randomized trial that compared endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) to conventional TBNA, the ultrasound technique ...

This procedure can be used for patients who are being tested for various diseases, including lung cancer. Under local or general anaesthesia, a thin flexible telescope (bronchoscope) is inserted via ...

INTRODUCTION: Besides radio logical methods (especially positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography), endoscopic techniques including transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) of ...

Glenview, Illinois – The American College of Chest Physicians ® (CHEST) recently released a new clinical guideline on endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) ...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Praxis Medical announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance of the EndoCore EBUS-TBNA fine needle biopsy device. Endobronchial ...

Different methods of DNA collection and needle sizes led to varied next-generation sequencing success rates among patients with lung cancer in a recent study. In patients with non–small-cell lung ...

Ancillary molecular testing is being used increasingly to direct personalized cancer therapy for solid organ malignancies. In a large fraction of patients, these diagnoses are established by using ...

Endobronchial ultrasound‑guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS‑TBNA) is an advance in bronchoscopy. It is a staging tool for nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) but also allows diagnosis of ...

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS–TBNA) is performed to investigate mediastinal masses, predominantly in the context of staging of lung cancer. Other conditions ...