Role of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in lung cancer management

Introduction: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a low-invasive modality that shows excellent sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in the diagnosis of nodal metastasis of lung cancer. Thus, EBUS-TBNA has become the first choice for nodal staging of non-small cell lung cancer and an alternative to mediastinoscopy, which had long been the gold standard. EBUS-TBNA can be utilized not only for initial...