PURPOSE To provide evidence-based recommendations to practicing clinicians on
management of patients with stage III non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS An …

Non-small-cell lung cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths from cancer worldwide.
Therefore, improvements in diagnostics and treatments are urgently needed. In this review …

Background Correctly staging lung cancer is important because the treatment options and
prognosis differ significantly by stage. Several noninvasive imaging studies and invasive …

Accurate preoperative staging and restaging of mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with
potentially resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of paramount importance. In …

Background Guidelines recommend endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial
needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) as an initial investigatory technique for mediastinal nodal …

To complement the existing treatment guidelines for all tumour types, ESMO organises
consensus conferences to focus on specific issues in each type of tumour. The 2nd ESMO …

Background Transbronchial mediastinal cryobiopsy is a novel sampling technique for
mediastinal disease. Despite the possibility of lung cancer misdiagnosis, the improved …

A high proportion of NSCLC patients present with symptoms in advanced disease stage.
The aim of lung cancer screening is to reduce lung cancer-related mortality by detecting …

This is an official guideline of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE),
produced in cooperation with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European …

OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to compare endobronchial ultrasound-guided
transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) with mediastinoscopy for mediastinal lymph …