The utility of transbronchial rebiopsy for peripheral pulmonary lesions in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer

The utility of transbronchial rebiopsy for peripheral pulmonary lesions in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer

Abstract Background Patients treated for non-squamous (non-Sq) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often require repeat biopsies to determine the optimal subsequent treatment. However, the differences between rebiopsy and initial biopsy in terms of their diagnostic yields and their ability to test th...

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Main Authors: Akiko Tateishi, Yuji Matsumoto, Midori Tanaka, Toshiyuki Nakai, Shinji Sasada, Masahiro Aoshima, Takaaki Tsuchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Diagnostic yield
Molecular profile
Rebiopsy
Transbronchial biopsy
Radial endobronchial ultrasound
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-020-01277-6

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