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Invasive Staging of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

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In the absence of distant metastases, the prognosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer are determined by accurate mediastinal lymph node staging. Several noninvasive and invasive techniques exist for mediastinal staging. Invasive techniques include mediastinoscopy, left anterior mediastinotomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, transbronchial needle aspiration, transthoracic needle aspiration, esophageal endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration, and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration. Each technique has its own strengths, limitations, and risks and requires differing skills sets. This chapter discusses the performance characteristics of the invasive staging tests of the mediastinum in patients with lung cancer.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Suite 812-CSB, MSC 630, Charleston, SC, 29425-6300, USA

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  2. Pulmonary and Sleep Center of the Valley, 1604 East 8th Street, Suite A, Weslaco, TX, 78596, USA

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Shamblin, C.J., Gomez, M., Silvestri, G.A. (2013). Invasive Staging of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. In: Ravenel, J. (eds) Lung Cancer Imaging. Contemporary Medical Imaging. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-620-7_8

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