Incidence of pleural recurrence after computed tomography-guided needle biopsy in stage I lung cancer.

Incidence of pleural recurrence after computed tomography-guided needle biopsy in stage I lung cancer.

OBJECTIVE: A risk of tumor seeding after percutaneous needle biopsy has been reported in various organs, including the lung. This study retrospectively evaluated the proportion of ipsilateral pleural recurrence after computed tomography-guided needle biopsy (CTNB) in p-stage I lung cancer patients....

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Main Authors: Keisuke Asakura, Yotaro Izumi, Yoshikane Yamauchi, Seishi Nakatsuka, Masanori Inoue, Hideki Yashiro, Takayuki Abe, Yuji Sato, Hiroaki Nomori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3410895?pdf=render

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