Randomised controlled trial to compare the diagnostic yield of positron emission tomography CT (PET-CT) TARGETed pleural biopsy versus CT-guided pleural biopsy in suspected pleural malignancy (TARGET trial)

INTRODUCTION: Pleural malignancy, particularly malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is increasing in incidence due to the long latency period from exposure to asbestos to development of the disease. MPM can be challenging to diagnose. For patients presenting without a pleural effusion, CT-guided bio...

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Vydáno v:BMJ Open Respir Res
Hlavní autoři: de Fonseka, Duneesha, Underwood, Wendy, Stadon, Louise, Rahman, Najib, Edey, Anthony, Rogers, Chris, Maskell, Nick A
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Pleural Disease
On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879942/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29616141
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000270
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