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What Is a Liquid Biopsy for Lung Cancer — and Do You Need One?
While a liquid biopsy may be useful for several types of cancer, researchers are particularly excited about its potential in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. Liquid biopsies are a ...
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Computed Tomography–Guided Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of Pulmonary Nodules: Impact of Nodule Size on Diagnostic Accuracy
Conclusion: Overall, diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy of lung nodules ≤ 1.5 cm is slightly lower than that of nodules > 1.5 cm. However, the diagnostic accuracy for ...
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Lung cancer biopsy backlogs putting thousands of lives at risk
BACKLOGS in lung cancer biopsy test results are putting thousands of lives at risk, experts have revealed. Up to 30,000 lung cancer patients a year have tumour samples sent to special gene ...
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Computed Tomography–Guided Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of Pulmonary Nodules: Impact of Nodule Size on Diagnostic Accuracy
Between January 1, 2007, and May 31, 2008, 139 patients aged 18 years to 89 years (mean, 62.5 years) underwent a percutaneous CT-guided lung biopsy of a pulmonary nodule at our institution.