A low cost, easily implementable method of shortening patient pathways in imaging incidentally suspicious for lung malignancy

S. Biart (Liverpool, United Kingdom), K. Clayton (Macclesfield, United Kingdom), M. Babores (Macclesfield, United Kingdom), J. Gallagher (Macclesfield, United Kingdom), T. Nagarajan (Macclesfield, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Imaging for prognostication and disease characterisation: 2019 update
Session: Imaging for prognostication and disease characterisation: 2019 update
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 4815
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