The Fate of Patients with Solitary Pulmonary Nodules: Clinical Management and Radiation Exposure Associated.
The appropriate management of the large number of lung nodules detected during the course of routine medical care presents a challenge. We aimed to evaluate the usual clinical practice in solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) management and associated radiation exposure.We examined 893 radiology reports o...
Main Authors: | Blanca Lumbreras, José Vilar, Isabel González-Álvarez, Noemí Gómez-Sáez, María L Domingo, María F Lorente, María Pastor-Valero, Ildefonso Hernández-Aguado |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4938621?pdf=render |
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