Estimation of performance and sequential selection of diagnostic tests in patients with lung lesions suspicious for cancer

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-27

  Grzybicki, Dana Marie ^a   Gross, Thomas ^a   Geisinger, Kim R ^a   Raab, Stephen S ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COST CONTROL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0036153008     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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