Healio

Navigational bronchoscopy safer than CT-guided biopsy in lung nodule diagnosis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diagnostic yield was comparable between navigational bronchoscopy and CT-guided biopsy. Trial investigator ...
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PET-CT compared to invasive mediastinal staging in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

FDG-PET/CT imaging for staging and definition of tumor volumes in radiation treatment planning in non-small cell lung cancer No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting ...
Medscape

Computed Tomography–Guided Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of Pulmonary Nodules: Impact of Nodule Size on Diagnostic Accuracy

Purpose: This study was undertaken to compare the diagnostic accuracy and complication rate of computed tomography (CT)–guided percutaneous lung biopsies of lung nodules ≤ 1.5 cm versus > 1.5 cm in ...
Healio

Navigational bronchoscopy similar to CT-guided biopsy in lung nodule diagnostic accuracy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diagnostic accuracy was comparable between navigational bronchoscopy and CT-guided biopsy. Fewer patients with ...
Everyday Health

What Happens After a Lung CT Scan?

If you meet the criteria for lung cancer screening — meaning you are or have a history of being a heavy smoker, and are between 50 and 80 years old — experts recommend an annual low-dose computerized ...
Science Daily

CT follow-up sufficient for some lung nodules

Annual low-dose computed-tomography (CT) screening can eliminate the need for biopsy or surgery in nonsolid lung nodules, according to a new study. Annual low-dose computed-tomography (CT) screening ...
Medscape

High-Resolution CT Can Identify IPF Without Lung Biopsy

For certain elderly patients, an expert team skilled at reading high-resolution computed tomography (CT) scans can confidently diagnose idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the absence of ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

CT feature combinations improve identification of interstitial lung disease patterns

Specific combinations of CT imaging features rather than individual findings alone may improve the accuracy of identifying ...
ascopubs.org

Real-world data evaluating the value of PET-CT for mediastinal staging in patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in an area with high prevalence of granulomatous ...

Three-year survival after combined treatment with induction chemoimmunotherapy in patients (pts) with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle ...
WebMD

What to Expect From a Lung Biopsy

If your doctor spots something out of the ordinary on your chest X-ray or CT scan, they may ask you to get a lung biopsy. In this procedure, a doctor removes a small sample of cells from your lung and ...