Repeat diagnostic thoracocentesis in lung cancer staging – fiddling whilst Rome burns?

A. Ashish, B. Brockway, M. MacIver, M. Serlin, J. Thompson, S. Summerfield, R. Wensley (Southport, Merseyside, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Diagnosis and prognosis in thoracic oncology
Session: Diagnosis and prognosis in thoracic oncology
Session type: Electronic Poster Discussion
Number: 3191
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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