Endobronchial Ultrasound-transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) Sample Division

University Hospital Essen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02157194

11-4921-BO (Other Identifier)

RLK-EBUS-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

EBUS-TBNA specimen are used for lung cancer diagnosing and staging, as well for molecular analysis. The purpose of this study is to evaluate if samples from on lymph node site can be divided for diagnosis and molecular analysis.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical diagnosis of lung cancer
• enlarged mediastinal or hilar lymph nodes (>10 mm)

Exclusion criteria