Background The current management of lung cancer patients has reached a high level of
complexity. Indeed, besides the traditional clinical variables (eg, age, sex, TNM stage), new …

Introduction: Obtaining a tissue diagnosis of centrally located lung tumors in patients
presenting without endobronchial abnormalities is challenging, and therefore a considerable …

Background: Systematic assessment of lymph node status by endobronchial ultrasound-guided
transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is indicated in (suspected) lung cancer. …

Simple Summary This study confirmed the overall safety of endosonography and guided
bronchoscopy, even in a cohort of patients with multiple comorbidities and a high prevalence of …

Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) has revolutionized the field of bronchoscopy because it
allows to observe peribronchial structures and distal peripheral lung lesions. The use of …

Simple Summary Pulmonologist-performed US-NAB of “superficial” metastatic lesions is
safe and has an excellent diagnostic yield for both tissue diagnosis and molecular profiling …

Background: Endoscopic ultrasound routinely guides lymph node evaluation for the staging
of a known or suspected lung cancer. Characteristics seen on B-mode imaging might help …

Alveolo-pleural fistula remains a serious post-operative complication in lung cancer patients
after surgery, which is associated with prolonged hospital stay and higher healthcare costs. …

Background. Since no robust data are available on the real rate of unforeseen N1-N2 disease
(uN) and the relative predictive factors in clinical-N0 NSCLC with peripheral tumours > 3 …

Lung cancer stays as the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide accounting for 1.8 million
newly diagnoses per year (13% of all cancers diagnosed)(1). Non-small-cell lung cancer …