Endobronchial ultrasound using a new convex probe: A preliminary study on surgically resected specimens

Oncology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-296

  Yasufuku, Kazuhiro ^a   Chhajed, Prashant N ^a   Sekine, Yasuo ^a   Nakajima, Takahiro ^a   Chiyo, Masako ^a   Iyoda, Akira ^a   Yoshida, Shigetoshi ^a   Otsuji, Mizuto ^a   Shibuya, Kiyoshi ^a   Iizasa, Toshihiko ^a   Saitoh, Yukio ^a   Fujisawa, Takehiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial ultrasonography; Lung cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Staging; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS;

EID: 3242677306     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.11.2.293     Document Type: Article

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