The impact of cytology on the bronchoscopic diagnosis of lung cancer

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 154-159

  Wassermann, Klaus ^a,c   Gassanov, Natig ^a   Atay, Ziya ^b   Topalidis, Theodoros ^b   Dienes, Hans Peter ^a   Mathen, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Zytologisches Institut   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopic diagnosis; Cytology; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOBRONCHIAL BIOPY; ENDOBRONCHIAL BRUSHING; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION;

EID: 3543105571     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.lab.0000135611.50659.af     Document Type: Article

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