Noninvasive staging of non-small cell lung cancer: ACCP evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition).

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Published in Chest on September 01, 2007

Authors

Gerard A Silvestri1, Michael K Gould, Mitchell L Margolis, Lynn T Tanoue, Douglas McCrory, Eric Toloza, Frank Detterbeck, American College of Chest Physicians

Author Affiliations

1: Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 171 Ashley Ave, Room 812-CSB, Charleston, SC 29425-2220, USA. silvestri@musc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

A New Pathway With BronchOscopic or Oesophageal Ultrasound for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and STaging (BOOST) (BOOST) | NCT00652769

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