The underutilization of EUS-guided FNA in the lymph-node staging of non-small-cell lung cancer: Perceptions of chest physicians in Wisconsin

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 517-520

  Hernandez, Lyndon V ^a   Geenen, Joseph E ^a   Schmalz, Michael J ^a   Catalano, Marc F ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 25644443322     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.04.054     Document Type: Article

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