Mediastinal staging in lung cancer: A rational approach

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 170-175

  Ceron, Loris ^a   Michieletto, L ^a   Zamperlin, A ^a  

^a Pneumology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Esophageal needle aspiration; PET CT; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 77649260634     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2009.349     Document Type: Review

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