title: Competition for EUS (a) EBUS-TBNA (b) video assisted thoracoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lennon
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rintoul
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Penman
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D019723:Endoscopes; D019160:Endosonography; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed