ReviewMediastinum (Hong Kong, China)2021
A narrative review of the role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in lung cancer staging.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy and molecular adequacy between conventional endobronchial ultrasound, contrast-enhanced endobronchial ultrasound and elastography for hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathies: a retrospective observational study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Diagnostic accuracy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy for evaluating mediastinal pathologies.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2026Article
- EBUS-TBNA for lung cancer in the apical segment of the right upper lobe using a new EBUS scope.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2026Article
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Transoesophageal Biopsy in a Mediastinal Tumour: A Case Report.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2026Article
- Endoscopic Ultrasound as a Diagnostic Tool for the Mediastinum and Thorax.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Diagnostic Yield of CE-EBUS in Mediastinal and Hilar Lymphadenopathy: A Preliminary Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical Utility of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) in the Evaluation of Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- New Instant Digital Pathology for EUS/EBUS Samples: The Last Advance in Bedside Diagnostics for Lung Carcinoma.Cancers · 2024Article
- The Role of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Differential Diagnosis of Malignant and Benign Subpleural Lung Lesions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Lung cancer is one of the most common solid malignant disease and an accurate staging is required for planning the most appropriate treatment. Surgery or local radiotherapy are the elective treatment for localized disease, however, the presence of mediastinal malignant lymph nodes can affect the role of surgery as a first-line therapy and a chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy treatment are recommended. Currently endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the mediastinum has brought the important advantage of a minimal-invasive diagnostic approach for the diagnosis and staging of malignant conditions, having the possibility of sampling lesions or lymph nodes in real-time. EUS' diagnostic capabilities have increased over time and currently it represents an excellent approach for the staging of lung cancer, especially combined to endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). Last generation EUS equipments (echoendoscopes, ultrasound processors, needles) and tools [contrast-enhanced EUS (CH-EUS), elastography] can help the endosonographer during the ultrasound evaluation and they can increase the accuracy of lung cancer staging. A systematic method of evaluation of all the visible lymph nodes stations is fundamental to complete the lung cancer staging, as well as a correct endoscopic room organization of the equipments, healthcare personnel and devices.
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