Systematic endoscopic staging of mediastinum to determine impact on radiotherapy for locally advanced lung cancer (SEISMIC): protocol for a prospective single arm multicentre interventional study

Systematic endoscopic staging of mediastinum to determine impact on radiotherapy for locally advanced lung cancer (SEISMIC): protocol for a prospective single arm multicentre interventional study

Abstract Background Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is established as the preferred method of mediastinal lymph node (LN) staging in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Selective (targeted) LN sampling is most commonly performed however studies in early s...

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Main Authors: Daniel P. Steinfort, Shankar Siva, Kanishka Rangamuwa, Percy Lee, David Fielding, Phan Nguyen, Barton R. Jennings, Shaun Yo, Nick Hardcastle, Gargi Kothari, Laurence Crombag, Jouke Annema, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, David E. Ost, Louis B. Irving
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Bronchoscopy
Cancer staging
Carcinoma
Non-small-cell lung
Endoscopic ultrasonography
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-02159-9

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