The role of 99m-Tc-Depreotide scintigraphy in discriminating between malignant and benign pulmonary nodules

A. Rapti, A. Leondi, A. Tsaroucha, S. Tsagouli, J. Koutsikos, C. H. Kostopoulos, A. Anagnostopoulou (Athens, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Diagnosis, staging, epidemiology, management
Session: Diagnosis, staging, epidemiology, management
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3230
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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