Pre-PET CT FNA in the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules reduces the benign surgical resection rate in an area of high granulomatous disease incidence

J. Evans, Y. E. Ong, S. Grubnic, J. E. Seet, N. Walters, F. Chua, A. Draper (London, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Management of thoracic malignancies
Session: Management of thoracic malignancies
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2634
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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J. Evans, Y. E. Ong, S. Grubnic, J. E. Seet, N. Walters, F. Chua, A. Draper (London, United Kingdom). Pre-PET CT FNA in the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules reduces the benign surgical resection rate in an area of high granulomatous disease incidence. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 2634

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