Oregonian

Dear Doctor: Can a lung biopsy cause painful nerve damage?

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a 72-year-old male friend in excellent health. Approximately six months ago, he had difficulty breathing and subsequently had fluid drained from his left lung. He worked with ...
Staten Island Advance

Dear Doctor: Why so much pain after a lung biopsy?

I have a 72-year-old male friend in excellent health. Approximately six months ago, he had difficulty breathing and subsequently had fluid drained from his left lung. He worked with asbestos in his ...
MedPage Today

'Inside-Out' Approach to Lung Biopsy Matches Transthoracic Needle Method

For biopsy of indeterminate lung nodules, navigational bronchoscopy was on par with transthoracic needle biopsy and led to fewer complications, the VERITAS trial showed. Procedural complications ...
ascopubs.org

Liquid biopsy in combination with PET/CT versus PET/CT alone in diagnosis of lung cancer in small nodules.

Large retrospective validation study of metabolomic biomarkers for resectable lung cancer detection and risk assessment. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...
Healio

Preoperative biopsy not linked to tumor spread in stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A preoperative biopsy procedure did not raise the risk for tumor spread through airspaces among patients with ...
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 ...
Stars and Stripes

VA requiring veterans with rare lung illness to take tests that can fail to detect disease

WASHINGTON — A proposed rule at the Department of Veterans Affairs to make it easier for veterans with a rare lung condition to qualify for disability benefits is being criticized by some veterans and ...
Nature

Air Embolism Complications in Lung Biopsy Procedures

Air embolism represents a rare but critical complication associated with percutaneous lung biopsy procedures. During these procedures, air may inadvertently enter the vascular system, potentially ...
Everyday Health on MSN

What Is a Liquid Biopsy for Lung Cancer?

A liquid biopsy is a blood test designed to detect cancer cells or DNA fragments of cancer cells circulating in the ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Biopsy Method, Needle Size Impacts NGS Success Rates in Lung Cancer

Different methods of DNA collection and needle sizes led to varied next-generation sequencing success rates among patients with lung cancer in a recent study. In patients with non–small-cell lung ...
Business Wire

Micronoma Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for OncobiotaLUNG, A Novel Liquid Biopsy Assay for Lung Carcinoma Detection

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Micronoma, the first biotech company offering early cancer detection with a microbiome-driven liquid biopsy platform, announced today that its OncobiotaLUNG assay received ...