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Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Effectively Samples Mediastinal Lymph Nodes

transbronchial1.jpgFor the sampling of mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with lung cancer, use of real-time endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) appears to be a safe and effective approach. These results were published in the journal Thorax.

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