Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Biopsies in the Evaluation of Thoracic Tumours after PET-CT: A Prospective Diagnostic Study | Zendy

Jos A. Stigt | Zendy; Ad H. Oostdijk | Zendy; James E. Boers | Zendy; Jan Willem van den Berg | Zendy; Harry J.M. Groen | Zendy

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Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Biopsies in the Evaluation of Thoracic Tumours after PET-CT: A Prospective Diagnostic Study

Author(s) -

Jos A. Stigt,

Ad H. Oostdijk,

James E. Boers,

Jan Willem van den Berg,

Harry J.M. Groen

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

respiration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1423-0356

pISSN - 0025-7931

DOI - 10.1159/000330018

Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , radiology , percutaneous , biopsy , stage (stratigraphy) , supraclavicular lymph nodes , prospective cohort study , ultrasound , positron emission tomography , surgery , metastasis , pathology , cancer , biology , paleontology

Lesions detected by positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) during the analysis of thoracic tumours are often impalpable at physical examination, and subsequent ultrasound (US) may aid in finding these lesions for pathologic evaluation.

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