Standard pleural biopsy versus CT-guided cutting-needle biopsy for diagnosis of malignant disease in pleural effusions: A randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9366, 2003, Pages 1326-1330

  Maskell, N A ^a   Gleeson, F V ^a   Davies, R J O ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0242417172     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13079-6     Document Type: Article

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