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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2009 May;6(5):278–286. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.39

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Novel diagnostic and staging algorithm for patients with suspected non-small-cell lung cancer, which incorporates endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration or the combined procedure as a first test after CT. Abbreviations: EBUS-TBNA, endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbrachial needle aspiration; EUS-FNA, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration; MLN, mediastinal lymph node.