Bronchoscopy for small pulmonary nodules and mediastinal staging of lung cancer: Just do it!

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 961-962

  Chhajed, Prashant N ^a   Tamm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 33750601830     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200607-925ED     Document Type: Editorial

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