Incidence and clinical relevance of non-small cell lung cancer lymph node micro-metastasis detected by staging endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains a disproportionate cause of cancer mortality relative to its incidence (1). One of the many treatment challenges associated with NSCLC is the frequency of recurrence following definitive treatment of early stage disease (2-5)