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CT-guided thoracic core biopsies: value of a negative result

Previous studies have reported low negative predictive values (NPV) for computed tomography (CT)-guided fine needle aspiration of lung nodules in excluding malignancy. Our aim was to determine the NPV of transthoracic core needle biopsy in a tertiary care hospital with a large cancer patient populat...

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Autores principales: Quint, Leslie E, Kretschmer, Matthew, Chang, Andrew, Nan, Bin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: e-MED 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17098648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0027