Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 157-162, March 2010

Lung cancer staging by combined endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS): The gastroenterologist's perspective

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

Received 5 June 2009; accepted 17 July 2009. published online 19 August 2009.

Abstract 

This review deals with the combined approach of endoscopic ultrasound and endobronchial ultrasound for lung cancer staging. The review provides an overview for the gastroenterologist who performs endosonography with regard to the current evidence supporting the use of endoscopic ultrasound and endobronchial ultrasound in clinical practice.

Keywords: Endobronchial, Endosonography, Lung cancer, Staging

 

PII: S1590-8658(09)00324-7

doi:10.1016/j.dld.2009.07.014

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 157-162, March 2010