A promising tool for T-staging of lung cancer: Is convex probe endobronchial ultrasound better than computerized tomography in determining invasion of mediastinal and hilar vessels?

I. Alici (Izmir, Turkey), S. Susam (Izmir, Turkey), M. Yuksel Yavuz (Izmir, Turkey), E. Bayramic (Izmir, Turkey), F. Guldaval (Izmir, Turkey), C. Anar (Izmir, Turkey), A. Ucvet (Izmir, Turkey), M. Buyuksirin (Izmir, Turkey)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Lung cancer: new tools for diagnosis and patient assessment
Session: Lung cancer: new tools for diagnosis and patient assessment
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2771
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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