EBUS-TBNA in elderly patients with lung cancer: Safety and performance outcomes

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 370-376

  Evison, Matthew ^a   Crosbie, Philip A J ^a,b   Martin, Julie ^a   Bishop, Paul ^a   Doran, Helen ^a   Joseph, Leena ^a   Chaturvedi, Anshuman ^a   Barber, Philip V ^a   Booton, Richard ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial ultrasound; Geriatric oncology; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894567475     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000085     Document Type: Article

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