Tag: endobronchial ultrasound

Comparison of Endobronchial Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, and CT for Lymph Node Staging of Lung Cancer: Operability

Patients with proven or suspected lung cancer who were judged medically fit with stage I, II, or clinical minimal IIIa disease (defined as single-station N2 lymph node positive on EBUS-TBNA) were considered operable. These patients underwent lobectomy with complete thoracic lymphadenectomy. Those patients with extrathoracic spread disease, extensive N2 disease (bulky disease or multiple N2 […]

Comparison of Endobronchial Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, and CT for Lymph Node Staging of Lung Cancer: EBUS-TBNA

EBUS-TBNA was performed with a flexible ultrasonic puncture bronchoscope with a linear scanning transducer with a frequency of 7.5 MHz on the tip (CP-EBUS; XBF-UC260F-OL8; Olympus; Tokyo, Japan) as previously described. It scans parallel to the insertion direction of the bronchoscope and is connected to a dedicated ultrasound scanner (EU-C2000; Olympus) with Doppler-flow imaging for […]

Comparison of Endobronchial Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, and CT for Lymph Node Staging of Lung Cancer: Patients

From December 2003 to March 2005, patients with suspected or pathologically established lung cancer referred to the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chiba University Hospital were enrolled in this study. All patients were evaluated by history; physical examination; CBC count; renal, liver, and pulmonary function tests; chest radiography; CT scan of the chest and upper abdomen; […]