Endoscopic ultrasound reduces surgical mediastinal staging in lung cancer: A randomized trial

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 531-535

  Tournoy, Kurt G ^a   De Ryck, Frederic ^a   Vanwalleghem, Lieve R ^a   Vermassen, Frank ^a   Praet, Marleen ^a   Aerts, Joachim G ^b   Van Maele, Georges ^a   Van Meerbeeck, Jan P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration; Lung cancer; Mediastinoscopy; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40649102688     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200708-1241OC     Document Type: Article

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