Repeat mediastinoscopy in the staging of lung cancer

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-273

  Pauwels, Marc ^a   Van Schil, Paul ^a   De Backer, Wilfried ^a   Van Den Brande, Filip ^a   Eyskens, Erik ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Mediastinoscopy; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031697551     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00196-1     Document Type: Article

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