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Diagnostic Surgical Lung Biopsies for Suspected Interstitial Lung Diseases: A Retrospective Study
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 07/02/09

Sigurdsson MI et al. - Surgical lung biopsy is a powerful tool for diagnosis of suspected interstitial lung disease. It results in a specific diagnosis for the majority of patients and changes in treatment for more than half. Operative morbidity and mortality are low but still significant, so patients should be carefully selected for the procedure, especially those with respiratory failure.

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Lung cancer: a biologically different disease in women?
Women's Health, 10/30/09 Relevance Score: 95%

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Arthritis & Rheumatism, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 94%

Oestrogen plus progestin and lung cancer in postmenopausal women (Womens Health Initiative trial): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial
The Lancet, 10/12/09 Relevance Score: 94%

Genetic variants cis-regulating Xrn2 expression contribute to the risk of spontaneous lung tumor
Oncogene, 11/19/09 Relevance Score: 93%

A Case Report of 20 Lung Radiofrequency Ablation Sessions for 50 Lung Metastases from Parathyroid Carcinoma Causing Hyperparathyroidism
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