The role of mediastinoscopy in the evaluation of thoracic disease and lung cancer

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-235

  Hsu, Han Shui ^a,b   Wang, Liang Shun ^a,b   Hsieh, Chih Cheng ^a,b   Wang, Chien Ying ^a,b   Wu, Yu Chung ^a,b   Huang, Biing Shiun ^a,b   Hsu, Wen Hu ^a,b   Huang, Min Hsiung ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms; Mediastinoscopy; Neoadjuvant therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DISEASE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0141520331     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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