Does preoperative transbronchial biopsy worsen the postsurgical prognosis of lung cancer? A propensity score-adjusted analysis

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3512-3518

  Nakajima, Jim ^a   Sato, Hajime ^a   Takamoto, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Lung biopsy; Lung cancer; Statistics; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28144448105     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.5.3512     Document Type: Article

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