Bronchoscopic diagnosis of endoscopically visible lung malignancies: Should cytological examinations be carried out routinely?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 806-811

  Dobler, C C ^a   Crawford, A B H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Cytology; Diagnosis; Lung neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 73649111409     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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