TBNA with and without EBUS: A comparative efficacy study for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 416-420

  Jiang, Junhong ^a   Browning, Robert ^b   Lechtzin, Noah ^c   Huang, Jianan ^a   Terry, Peter ^c   Wang, Ko Pen ^a,c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS); lung cancer; transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG HILUS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; PATIENT COMFORT; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 84900484055     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.03.22     Document Type: Article

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