Endoscopic Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography, and Computerized Tomography for Lung Cancer

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1293-1297

  Fritscher Ravens, Annette ^a   Davidson, Bruce L ^a   Hauber, Hans Peter ^a   Bohuslavizki, Karl H ^a   Bobrowski, Christoph ^a   Lund, Christian ^a   Knöfel, Wolfram Trudo ^a   Soehendra, Nib ^a   Brandt, Lars ^a   Pepe, Margaret S ^a   Pforte, Almuth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Mediastinum; Metastasis; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345172343     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200301-050OC     Document Type: Article

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