Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 88-101 , June 2007

Image-Guided Percutaneous Needle Biopsy in Cancer Diagnosis and Staging

  • Sanjay Gupta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sanjay Gupta, MD, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 325, Houston, TX 77030.
    • ,
  • David C. Madoff, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2007.09.005

Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 88-101 , June 2007

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