Combined EUS and EBUS are complementary methods in lung cancer staging: Do not forget the esophagus

Peter Vilmann; Paul Frost Clementsen

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1392786

Endoscopy International Open, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Endosc Int Open 2015; 03(04): E300-E301
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1392786

Editorial

Combined EUS and EBUS are complementary methods in lung cancer staging: Do not forget the esophagus

Peter Vilmann

¹GastroUnit, Department of Surgery, Herlev University Hospital, DK 2730 Herlev, Denmark

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Paul Frost Clementsen

²Centre for Clinical Education, Rigshospitalet, 2100 Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark and Department of Respiratory Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark

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