Performance monitoring of EBUS for the staging and diagnosis of lung cancer: auditing the Greater Manchester EBUS service against new national standards

Introduction Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a pivotal test in lung cancer staging and diagnosis, mandating robust audit and performance monitoring of EBUS services. We present the first regional cancer alliance EBUS performance audit against the new N...

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Main Authors: Haval Balata, Coral Higgins, Richard Booton, Louise Brown, Judith Lyons, Thapas Nagarajan, Ram Sundar, Julie Martin, Haider Al-Najjar, Zoe Borrill, Anshu Punjabi, Benjamin Teng, Joanna Gallagher, David Shackley, Nicola Sinnott, Christopher Brocklesby, Phil Crosbie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Online Access:https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000777.full