The reliability of mediastinoscopic frozen sections in deciding on oncological surgery in bronchogenic carcinoma

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 488-495

  Sanli, Maruf ^a   Isik, A Feridun ^a   Tuncozgur, Bulent ^a   Akar, Erkan ^a   Deniz, Hale ^a   Bakir, Kemal ^a   Elbeyli, Levent ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Mediastinoscopy; Pathology; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58749102051     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-008-0060-8     Document Type: Article

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