Primary lung cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Lung cancer patients with enlarged mediastinal or hilar lymph node with a short-axis diameter of 5mm or greater on CT. 2) Patients who underwent both chest CT and FDG-PET/CT 4 weeks before EBUS-TBNA procedure. 3) 20 years old or more.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Pregnant woman. 2) Fasting serum glucose levels above 126 mg/dl. 3) Severe complication.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate factors that predict the diagnostic yield of EBUS-TBNA, including chest CT and FDG-PET findings. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Association of number of sequential biopsy specimens and diagnostic yield. Association of lymph node location and diagnostic yield. Complications. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
University of Fukui Third department of internal medicine