Combined endosonographic staging followed by cervical mediastinoscopy in the real world, do we still need both?

E.H.F.M. van der Heijden, A.F.T.M. Verhagen, O.C.J. Schuurbiers (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - EBUS-TBNA: a never ending story
Session: EBUS-TBNA: a never ending story
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3261
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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