Fine-Needle Sspiration Biopsy versus Core-Needle Biopsy in Diagnosing Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Xiaomei Yao,
Marcio M. Gomes,
MingSound Tsao,
Christopher Allen,
William Geddie,
Harman Sekhon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
current oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1718-7729
pISSN - 1198-0052
DOI - 10.3747/co.19.871
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , biopsy , fine needle aspiration , pneumothorax , radiology , lung biopsy , meta analysis , medical diagnosis , gold standard (test) , lung , cancer , lung cancer screening , cochrane library , guideline , medline , pathology , political science , law
Lung cancer leads cancer-related mortality in the world. The objective of the present systematic review was to compare fine-needle aspiration biopsy (fnab) with core-needle biopsy (cnb) for diagnostic characteristics and yields for diagnosing lung cancer in patients with lung lesions.
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