Diagnostic yield of flexible bronchoscopic procedures in lung cancer patients according to tumour location

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 625-631

  Liam, Chong Kin ^a   Pang, Y K ^a   Poosparajah, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bron choalveolar lavage; Bronchial brushing; Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial biopsy; Lung cancer; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; ADENOCARCINOMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 34547465551     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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