Staging and diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer: Invasive modalities

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-183

  Yasufuku, Kazuhiro ^a   Fujisawa, Takehiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial ultrasound; Lung cancer; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846930581     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01035.x     Document Type: Review

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