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Oesophageal endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration improves and simplifies the staging of lung cancer
28 Jun 2004
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BACKGROUND: Positron emission tomography (PET) is accurate for mediastinal staging of lung cancer but has a moderate positive predictive value, necessitating pathological verification. Endoscopic ultrasonography with fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a technique for tissue verification of mediastinal and upper retroperitoneal abnormalities. The use of EUS-FNA may decrease the number of surgical procedures and...
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