Tissue diagnosis of suspected lung cancer: Selecting between bronchoscopy, transthoracic needle aspiration, and resectional biopsy

Respiratory Care Clinics of North America

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-76

  Yung, Rex C W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOBECTOMY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG RESECTION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037529086     PISSN: 10785337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5337(02)00083-7     Document Type: Review

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