Lymph Node Staging by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer Hironobu Wada, MD, Takahiro Nakajima, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, Taiki Fujiwara, MD, Shigetoshi Yoshida, MD, PhD, Makoto Suzuki, MD, PhD, Kiyoshi Shibuya, MD, PhD, Kenzo Hiroshima, MD, PhD, Yukio Nakatani, MD, PhD, Ichiro Yoshino, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 1, Pages 229-234 (July 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.106 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 The 5-year survival rate for patients who underwent endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for lymph node assessment (solid line) and historical control patients with chest computed tomography lymph node assessment (dotted line) was 77.8% and 31.7%, respectively. Numbers at risk are presented per year. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 229-234DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.106) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions