title: Point: Should UItrasonographic Endoscopy Be the Preferred Modality for Staging of Lung Cancer? Yes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC. Electronic address: momen.wahidi@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Momen M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Wahidi
authors.affiliation: Reliant Medical Group. Worcester, MA.
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008481:Mediastinoscopy / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*