Role of endobronchial ultrasound in diagnosis and molecular assessment of metastatic melanoma

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 991-996

  Jennings, Barton R ^a   Millward, Michael J ^a,b   Amanuel, Benhur ^a   Mulrennan, Siobhain ^a   Joosten, Simon A ^c   Phillips, Martin J ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

bronchoscopy and interventional technique; histology cytology; immunohistochemistry; lung cancer; molecular biology

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG HILUS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTATIC MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; WILD TYPE;

ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864443080     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02203.x     Document Type: Article

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