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11 - Evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodule

from Section IV - Malignant conditions of the lung

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2016

By
Dustin M. Walters  and
David R. Jones
Edited by
Marco Scarci ,
Aman Coonar ,
Tom Routledge  and
Francis Wells
Dustin M. Walters
Affiliation:
University of Washington
David R. Jones
Affiliation:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Marco Scarci
Affiliation:
University College London Hospital
Aman Coonar
Affiliation:
Papworth Hospital
Tom Routledge
Affiliation:
Guy’s Hospital
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Core Topics in Thoracic Surgery , pp. 115 - 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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