Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer
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Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Early diagnosis and early treatment are of great importance. ⋯ In recent years, researchers all over the world have done lots of work on finding and identifying biomarkers for the early diagnosis of lung cancer. In this paper, recent developments in this field are reviewed.
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Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi · May 2010
Review[The role of TBNA in diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases].
In the last 30 years, clinical application oftransbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) has proved its efficiency, accuracy, safety and cost-effectiveness, particularly in diagnosing and staging lung cancer as well as in diagnosing benign diseases. The application of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) increased the accuracy of TBNA. ⋯ Combination of EUBS-TBNA and traditional methods (CT, PET, mediastinoscopy, et al) can improve the diagnostic rate and negative predictive value. In the future, EUBS-TBNA may have applications in both benign and malignant lung diseases as a routine examination.