ACR Appropriateness Criteria® needle biopsy in the thorax.

GUIDELINE TITLE
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® needle biopsy in the thorax.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Ray CE Jr, Funaki BS, Brown DB, Gemery JM, Khan AR, Kinney TB, Kostelic JK, Lorenz JM, Millward SF, Nemcek AA Jr, Owens CA, Reinhart RD, Silberzweig JE, Siskin GP, Vatakencherry G, Kaiser L, Raoof S, Expert Panel on Interventional Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® needle biopsy in the thorax. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2008. 7 p. [30 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Van Moore A, Levy JM, Duszak RL, Akins EW, Bakal CW, Denny DF, Martin LG, Pentecost MJ, Roberts AC, Vogelzang RL, Kent KC, Perler BA, Resnick MI, Richie J. Needle biopsy in the thorax. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology 2000 Jun;215(Suppl):1029-40. [44 references]

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® needle biopsy in the thorax.