DG Pfister, DH Johnson, CG Azzoli, W Sause, … - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2004 - jco.ascopubs.org For the 2003 update, a methodology similar to that applied in the original ASCO
practice guidelines for treatment of unresectable NSCLC was used. Pertinent
information published from 1996 through March 2003 was reviewed. The ... Cited by 570 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
EM Toloza, L Harpole, DC McCrory - Chest, 2003 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Measurement and results: Pooled sensitivities and specificities for staging the
mediastinum were as follows: for CT scanning: sensitivity, 0.57 (95% confidence
interval [CI], 0.49 to 0.66); specificity, 0.82 (95% CI, 0.77 to 0.86); for ... Cited by 480 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 84 versions
- ►bmj.com DB Williams, AV Sahai, L Aabakken, ID … - British Medical Journal, 1999 - gut.bmj.com Compared with other imaging modalities, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has proved
to be superior for the detection of pancreatic tumours and nodal metastases, as
well as for local tumour staging of other gastrointestinal malignancies. ... Cited by 364 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
GC Harewood, MJ Wiersema - The American journal of gastroenterology, 2002 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
display style sheets. In this case, although the visual presentation will be
degraded, the site should continue to be functional. We recommend using the ... Cited by 202 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
A Fritscher-Ravens, N Soehendra, L Schirrow, … - Chest, 2000 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org * From the Department of Endoscopic Surgery (Drs. Fritscher-Ravens, Soehendra,
Sriram, and Mr. Schirrow), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology
(Drs. Meyer, Hauber, and Pforte), University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, ... Cited by 161 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►chestpubs.org A Fritscher-Ravens, KH Bohuslavizki, L Brandt … - Chest, 2003 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Results: The mean age of the study group was 61.5 years (range, 41 to 80 years;
23 male patients). CT, PET, and EUS detected mediastinal lymph nodes (size, 0.4
to 1.6 cm) in 15, 14, and 27 patients (21 of which were suspected to be ... Cited by 159 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
MB Wallace, GA Silvestri, AV Sahai, RH … - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2001 - Soc Thorac Surgeons Results. Two hundred seventy-seven patients met the inclusion criteria,
including 121 who had EUS. Endoscopic ultrasound and fine needle aspiration
detected stage III or IV disease in 85 of 121 (70%). Among patients with ... Cited by 156 - Related articles - All 3 versions
RA Erickson, L Sayage-Rabie, RS Beissner - Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2000 - Elsevier EUS is currently the most sensitive and specific imaging modality for detecting
pancreatic neoplasms. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 With the development of linear array
echoendoscopes, fine-needle aspiration (FNA) capability was added to EUS. 6 ... Cited by 148 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
MJ Wiersema, E Vazquez-Sequeiros, LM … - Radiology, 2001 - radiology.rsna.org RESULTS: In 82 patients in whom a final diagnosis was available, the
sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, negative predictive value, and positive
predictive value of endoscopic US–guided FNAB in distinguishing benign ... Cited by 147 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►bmj.com SS Larsen, M Krasnik, P Vilmann, GK … - British Medical Journal, 2002 - thorax.bmj.com Methods: From April 1993 to December 1999, 84 patients were referred for
EUS-FNA. In all patients CT scanning had shown a lesion of the mediastinum
suspected of malignancy located adjacent to the oesophagus. In order to ... Cited by 139 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
