Open AccessBronchial Mucus Properties in Lung Cancer: Relationship with Site of Lesion
Author(s) -
J. Gustavo Zayas,
Bruce K. Rubin,
Ernest L. York,
D. Lien,
Malcolm King
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/1999/459084
Subject(s) - medicine , mucus , abnormality , lung cancer , lesion , pathology , gastroenterology , cancer , lung , biology , ecology , psychiatry
To compare the biophysical properties of mucus from the left and right mainstem bronchi in patients undergoing diagnostic bronchoscopy because of a unilateral radiological abnormality. It was hypothesized that abnormalities in the properties of mucus would be greater on the side with the lesion and that this would be most obvious in patients with unilateral lung cancer.
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