Endobronchial Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer and Other Thoracic Tumors

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-205

  Ernst, Armin ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Herth, Felix J F ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Thoraxklinik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

bronchoscopy; endobronchial ultrasound; lung cancer; pulmonary nodule; staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT SAFETY; RELIABILITY; THORAX TUMOR; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHI; HUMANS; LUNG; MEDIASTINUM; NEOPLASM STAGING; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 35648943633     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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