Should cervical ultrasonography be a routine staging investigation for lung cancer patients with impalpable cervical lymph nodes?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 486-491

  Sihoe, Alan D L ^a   Lee, Tak Wai ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a   Yim, Anthony P C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lymph nodes; Metastasis; Staging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1642289186     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2003.12.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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