Minimally invasive techniques for the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary nodules

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 282-286

  Krishna, Ganesh ^a   Gould, Michael K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lung cancer; Pulmonary nodule; Tumor biology

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SURGERY; METASTASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATION; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 44649115941     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328303df1b     Document Type: Review

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