Advances in bronchoscopic diagnosis of lung cancer

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-277

  Shulman, Lawrence ^a   Ost, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic navigation and guidance; Endobronchial ultrasound; Lung cancer; Screening; Staging

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34249784821     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3281c9b0ee     Document Type: Review

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