Feasibility of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration and imuno-cytochemistry examination for the assessment of neo-angiogenesis in the patients with lung cancer

Introduction: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) – guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a minimally invasive technique, increasingly used for the assessment of digestive organs. However, this technique is extremely important to determine the diagnosis and staging of pulmonary cancer by assessing the posterior mediastinal masses. Aims and methods: Our study included 20 consecutive patients visualized by endoscopic ultrasound at the Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova. The patients were initially examined by chest x-ray, computer tomography scans and b…