lung cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Consecutive patients with potentially resectable lung cancer who underwent EUS/EUS-FNA for staging of lung cancer at the Gifu University Hospital between October 2009 and September 2011.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria were patients with poor medical conditions of grades 4 and 5 according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification system, and patients with bleeding tendency and coagulopathy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the detection rate of right adrenal gland by EUS and to compare the accuracy between CT, PET-CT and EUS/EUS-FNA for adrenal metastases. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To compare the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) between CT, PET-CT and EUS/EUS-FNA for adrenal metastases. To evaluate the incidence of EUS/EUS-FNA related complications. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Gifu University Hospital First Dept. of Internal Medicine