Table 1 Basic characteristics of the participants
Demographics |
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Age (years) |
Sex |
Race |
Smoking status |
Pack-years smoked |
Family history of lung cancer |
Clinical characteristics |
Performance status |
History of lung cancer diagnosis |
History of malignancies other than lung cancer |
Prior invasive lung procedures and surgery |
Radiological characteristics |
Lesion location (lung lobe) |
Lesion type (solidity) |
Lesion size |
Size of solid proportion |
Lesion shape (speculated margin, cavity formation, bubble lucency) |
Pre-procedural probability of malignancy |
Distance from lesion to pleura |
Emphysema surrounding lesion |
Interstitial fibrosis surrounding lesion |
Bronchiectasis surrounding lesion |
Presence and type of bronchus sign |
Combined lymphadenopathy |
Positivity on positron emission tomography (if applicable) |
Procedural characteristics |
Preceded modality |
Capability to navigate and localize the lesion |
Number of biopsy attempts (for each modality) |
Acquisition of a core tissue available for histologic examination (for each modality) |
Procedure duration |
Sequential linear EBUS for nodal staging |
Total dose of sedatives used |