Temperature differences are associated with malignancy on lung lesions: a clinical study |
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| Authors: | Christodoulos Stefanadis Christina Chrysohoou Demosthenes B Panagiotakos Elisabeth Passalidou Vasiliki Katsi Vlassios Polychronopoulos Pavlos K Toutouzas |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Hippokration Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece;(2) Department of Pneumonology, Sismanoglio General Hospital, Athens, Greece |
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Background Although new endoscopic techniques can enhance the ability to detect a suspicious lung lesion, the primary diagnosis still depends on subjective visual assessment. We evaluated whether thermal heterogeneity of solid tumors, in bronchial epithelium, constitutes an additional marker for the diagnosis of benign and malignant lesions. |
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