Combining bronchoscopy and positron emission tomography for the diagnosis of the small pulmonary nodule ≤ 3 cm

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3558-3564

  Chhajed, Prashant N ^a   Bernasconi, Maurizio ^a   Gambazzi, Franco ^a   Bubendorf, Lukas ^b   Rasch, Helmut ^a   Kneifel, Stefan ^a   Tamm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Positron emission tomography; Small pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 28144435546     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.5.3558     Document Type: Article

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