Can chest CT decrease the use of preoperative bronchoscopy in the evaluation of suspected bronchogenic carcinoma?

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1244-1249

  Aristizabal, Jose F ^a   Young, K Randall ^a   Nath, Hrudaya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchogenic carcinoma; Chest CT; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Lung cancer staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0031950189     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.5.1244     Document Type: Article

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