• Chest · May 2022

    Long-Term Survival According to N Stage Diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

    • Bin Hwangbo, Eun Young Park, Bumhee Yang, Geon Kook Lee, Tae Sung Kim, Hyae Young Kim, Moon Soo Kim, and Jong Mog Lee.
    • Division of Pulmonology, Center for Lung Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea. Electronic address: hbb@ncc.re.kr.
    • Chest. 2022 May 1; 161 (5): 1382-1392.

    BackgroundEndobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is the main procedure for mediastinal staging. However, long-term survival analyses according to clinical nodal stage diagnosed by EBUS-TBNA (eN stage) have not been reported. The value of EBUS-TBNA has not been assessed through an analysis of survival in false-negative EBUS-TBNA cases.Research QuestionWhat is the prognostic impact of eN stage in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)? What is the survival rate in false-negative EBUS-TBNA cases?Study Design And MethodsWe retrospectively (January 2006 to December 2011) reviewed the medical records of patients with NSCLC who underwent EBUS-TBNA (± transesophageal approach) for initial staging (N = 1,089). Mediastinoscopy was not performed for EBUS-TBNA-negative cases. We performed 5-year survival analyses according to eN stage and treatment modality. Survival in false-negative EBUS-TBNA cases was compared with that in patients with pN0-1, including 941 non-EBUS-TBNA cases, during the same period.ResultsAmong the 1,089 patients undergoing EBUS-TBNA (eN0-1: n = 681; eN2: n = 314; eN3: n = 94), we observed significant differences in survival between the eN stages (eN0-1 vs eN2: P < .0001; eN2 vs eN3: P = .0118; estimated 5-year overall survival [5YOS] rate: eN0-1 = 57.4%, eN2 = 23.2%, eN3 = 12.8%). Surgery cases had better survival than nonsurgery cases among patients with eN0-1 and eN2 (eN0-1/surgery vs eN0-1/no surgery: P < .0001; eN2/surgery vs eN2/no surgery: P < .0001). Among the patients with eN0-1, there were 55 false-negative cases (eN0-1/pN2-3, pN2: n = 54; pN3: n = 1). The 5YOS rates of patients with pN0, pN1, and eN0-1/pN2-3 were 76.4%, 56.0%, and 56.4%, respectively. Patients with eN0-1/pN2-3 had worse survival than patients with pN0 (P = .0061), whereas there was no significant difference compared with patients with pN1 (P = .9191).InterpretationLong-term survival significantly differed according to eN stage in NSCLC, highlighting the importance of EBUS-TBNA in NSCLC staging. False-negative EBUS-TBNA cases had favorable survival which was similar to that of patients with pN1, which may provide a rationale for performing surgery after negative EBUS-TBNA results.Copyright © 2021 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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