https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2009.349

Mediastinal staging in lung cancer: a rational approach

Vol. 71 No. 4 (2009): Pulmonary series
Submitted: January 21, 2016
Accepted: January 21, 2016
Published: January 21, 2016
Transbronchial Needle Aspiration, Esophageal Needle Aspiration, PET-CT, Bayes’ theorem
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L. Ceron
loris.ceron@ulss12.ve.it
Pneumology Unit, Thoracic Department, Mestre-Venice, Italy.
L. Michieletto
Pneumology Unit, Thoracic Department, Mestre-Venice, Italy.
A. Zamperlin
Pneumology Unit, Thoracic Department, Mestre-Venice, Italy.
imaging techniques such as CT (Computed Tomography) and PET (Positron Emission Tomography), mini-invasive techniques, as TBNA (Transbronchial Needle Aspiration), EBUS-TBNA (Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration), EUS-FNA (Endoscopic Ultra Sound Fine-Needle Aspiration), and/or surgical techniques as mediastinoscopy, thoracoscopy, mediastinothomy. Each of these techniques provides different sensitivity, specificity and predictive value: all these characteristics need to be well considered and adequately used to achieve the best possible outcome, best exploitation of available resources and least discomfort for the patient. Particularly, indicators which may suggest the need for further examination of mediastinum, following a negative CT and PET, will be discussed in this review; need for surgical confirmation after negative TBNA will be considered, also.

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Ceron, L., L. Michieletto, and A. Zamperlin. 2016. “Mediastinal Staging in Lung Cancer: A Rational Approach”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 71 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2009.349.

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