Table 2 Diagnosis obtained by surgery and by EBUS‐TBNA study patients (n = 502); a definitive diagnosis was made by endoscopic means in 470.

	Overall	Definitive diagnosis by EBUS
	N	N (%)
Squamous cell carcinoma	148	138 (93%)
Adenocarcinoma	156	150 (96%)
Large cell carcinoma	56	49 (88%)
NSCLC	10	9 (90%)
SCLC	123	119 (96%)
Sarcoidosis	6	2 (33%)
Tuberculosis	3	3 (100%)
Total	502	470 (94%)