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Oncology

Pre-surgical lung biopsy in management of solitary pulmonary nodules: a cost effectiveness analysis

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Pages 1307-1311 | Received 06 Jun 2019, Accepted 23 Aug 2019, Published online: 26 Oct 2019

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