Zahir Salih Khoshnaw

Assistant Prof. in Respiratory Medicine and Consultant in Internal Medicine, Medical Department, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Publications

• Research Article   
  The diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided biopsy in the diagnosis of lung cancer
  Author(s): Zahir Salih Khoshnaw, Hemin Khalid Saber and Ayad Sameen Faraj*
  
  Background: Lung cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide, with higher rates of incidence among men and seniors. CT scan-guided biopsy has been known to be a good and less invasive test for diagnosing lung cancer. The present study was carried out to examine the diagnostic accuracy of CT scan-guided biopsy in diagnosing lung cancer. Patients and Methods: One hundred patients suspected of lung cancer were studied in a prospective observational study conducted in Rizgary Teaching Hospital and outpatient respiratory private clinic-Hawler, Kurdistan/Iraq. A convenient sampling method was employed to select the patients. Required data were collected from the patient’s medical profiles and CT scan images. Results: Most of the patients were aged 70 to 79 years (40%), 50 to 59 years (23%), and 60 to 69 years (20%). Three-fourths of the patients (75%) were males. The location of.. Read More»
  

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