Table 5

Yield of invasive staging procedures in PET-CT-negative patients

PET-CT N0–1 (n=53)N-final
N0–1N2–3NxTotal
Mediastinoscopy*
 N0–1426048
 N2–3–101
 Not applicable, examination not performed1124
53
EUS-FNA†
 N0–1151016
 N2–3–404
 Not applicable, examination not performed283233
53

  • ↵* κ=0.22, p=0.013, McNemar p=0.031.

  • ↵† κ=0.857, p<0.001, McNemar p=1.0.

  • EUS, endoscopic ultrasound; FNA, fine needle aspiration; PET, positron emission tomography.