Establishing the diagnosis of lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American college of chest physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 5 SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Rivera, M Patricia ^a   Mehta, Atul C ^c   Wahidi, Momen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84877665036     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2353     Document Type: Article

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