Necessity of centralisation of EBUS

Lung Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-128

  de Romijn, B J ^a   van den Berg, J M W ^a   Uiterwijk, H ^a   Kunst, P W A ^b  

^a Haga Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EBUS; EUS; Lung cancer; Staging; TBNA

Indexed keywords

CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 61449238963     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.12.022     Document Type: Letter

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