Table 2.
Differences in results of radiological staging versus EBUS-TBNA integrated staging
| Pathological staging | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N0/1 | N2/3 | ||
| Radiological staging (RS) | |||
| N0/1 | 103 | 23 | 126 |
| N2/3 | 92 | 241 | 333 |
| Conventionala EBUS-TBNA integrated staging | |||
| N0/1 | 195 | 32 | 227 |
| N2/3 | 0 | 232 | 232 |
| Extendedb EBUS-TBNA integrated staging (ES) | |||
| N0/1 | 195 | 20 | 215 |
| N2/3 | 0 | 244 | 244 |
| Total | 195 | 264 | 459 |
aConventional: EBUS-TBNA applied only in radiologically node-positive cases
bExtended: EBUS-TBNA criteria of Table 1 (including radiologically node-negative cases)