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Oct 2023
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Clinical Concepts - Pulmonary Nodules

Ria Mulherkar
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At some point during clinical rotations, you’ll be asked about screening guidelines for lung cancer. It’s important to know these for sure, but it’s also important to know what to do if there are any abnormalities after you order that screening. Here, we’ll review the guidelines for how to classify and further work up pulmonary nodules! 
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