A lung biopsy can determine whether any unusual masses are malignant, meaning cancerous, or benign, meaning noncancerous. If a biopsy finds a mass on the lungs is cancerous, the results can help a ...

Robotic bronchoscopy can help diagnose spots in the lungs when they are still small, catching cancer sooner and saving many ...

Devastatingly, the scans revealed a 'mass' in her left lung, which was later found to ... routine scans — but they were too small for a biopsy to check if they were cancerous.

Yovana Portillo felt stunned that she had lung cancer because she never smoked. But she hopes people realize that lung cancer can happen to anyone.

SGMC Health has successfully performed its first robotic-assisted lung biopsy using the state-of-the-art Ion robot. The ...

Early acute rejection following lung transplantation can be safely detected and graded by transbronchial biopsy via bronchoscopy.

Air embolism is a rare but potentially serious complication that can occur during lung biopsy procedures, particularly those guided by computed tomography (CT). This condition arises when air ...

A chest X-ray is a painless test that can detect lung masses. Your provider may also ... This sample is known as a biopsy.

BOSTON - Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a Boston hospital is offering a new approach that allows patients to get ...

Thoracoscopic procedures reduce morbidity and the length of hospitalization compared to lung biopsy through open thoracotomy, while providing comparably diagnostic specimens. Percutaneous ...

NEW YORK – UK-based startup Oxford Cancer Analytics is using the $11 million it has raised in a Series A financing to further develop and commercialize its protein-based lung cancer screening assay.