Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration cytology: A state of the art review

Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-26

  Cameron, S E H ^a   Andrade, R S ^a   Pambuccian, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer staging; Cytological diagnosis algorithm; Endobronchial ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Mediastinum; Non small cell lung carcinoma; Sample adequacy; Sarcoidosis; Technique; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SAMPLING ERROR; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRONCHI; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 74049138257     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2009.00722.x     Document Type: Review

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