Predicting malignancy in mediastinal lymph nodes by endobronchial ultrasound: A new ultrasound scoring system

Background and objective:  Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is now widely used in patients with resectable non‐small‐cell lung cancer to sample mediastinal lymph nodes (LN) for preoperative staging. The aim of this study was to investigate prospectively the utility of six ultrasound criteria to predict malignancy in mediastinal LN.

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