Combination of tissue biopsy and fine needle aspiration cytology reduces false negativity of mediastinoscopy for non-small cell lung cancer


BAYRAM A. S., Dulger H., Balaban S. A., Erol M. M., Aygun M., YERCİ Ö., ...More

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, vol.20, no.2, pp.295-299, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

Background: This study aims to compare tissue biopsy with fine needle aspiration (FNA) and investigate whether the combination reduces false negativity of mediastinoscopy.