Combined use of autofluorescence bronchoscopy and argon plasma coagulation enables less extensive resection of radiographically occult lung cancer

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Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 410-411

  Schuurman, Bart ^a   Postmus, Pieter E ^a   Van Mourik, Johan C ^a   Risse, Elle K ^a   Sutedja, Thomas G ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OCCULT CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LIGHT COAGULATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY;

EID: 4444309061     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079648     Document Type: Article

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