Endobronchial ultrasound EBUS--a new method for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer.
In this paper we present a new method, endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), which appeared recently among the tools of the pulmonologist for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. Endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) provides the opportunity for obtaining tissue samples required for the histologic and cytologic diagnosis of lung cancer. The advantages of EBUS have to be made popular as it is a minimally invasive method, safe, simple, fast, also with a superior cost/benefit ratio compared to any previously used methods.
Marioara
M
Simon
Luminiţa
L
Baldea
Bogdan
B
Pop
Doiniţa
D
Crişan
D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012383:Romania; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity