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- Title
Accuracy of Pleural Biopsy Using Thoracoscopy for the Diagnosis of Histologic Subtype in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.
- Authors
Greillier, Laurent; Cavailles, Arnaud; Fraticelli, Anne; Scherpercel, Arnaud; Barlesi, Fabrice; Tassi, Gianfranco; Thomas, Pascal; Astoul, Philippe
- Abstract
The article details a study which analyzed the accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of preoperative thoracoscopy for diagnosis of the histologic subtype of malignant pleural mesothelioma. The authors examined the accuracy of pleural biopsies performed using thoracoscopy to determine the histologic subtype of mesothelioma. They conclude that pleural biopsy using thoracoscopy appears to be less efficient in diagnosing the histologic subtype as either epithelial or biphasic.
- Subjects
THORACOSCOPY; MESOTHELIOMA; BIOPSY; CHEST examination; ENDOSCOPY
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 2007, Vol 110, Issue 10, p2248
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cncr.23034