A prospective comparison of fiberoptic transbronchial needle aspiration and bronchial biopsy for bronchoscopically visible lung carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Govert, Joseph A ^a   Dodd, Leslie G ^a   Kussin, Peter S ^a   Samuelson, Wayne M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial malignancy; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Lung carcinoma; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033603410     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990625)87:3<129::AID-CNCR5>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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