Navigational Bronchoscopy or Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for Lung Nodules

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Robert J. Lentz · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Katherine Frederick-Dyer · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Virginia B. Planz · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Tatsuki Koyama · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Matthew Aboudara · Saint Luke's Health System

Sameer K. Avasarala · University School

Jonathan D. Casey

Abstract

The diagnostic accuracy of navigational bronchoscopy was noninferior to that of transthoracic needle biopsy among patients with peripheral pulmonary nodules measuring 10 to 30 mm. (Funded by Medtronic and others; VERITAS ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04250194.).

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Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 392, Issue 21, pp. 2100-2112

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2414059

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Navigational Bronchoscopy or Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for Lung Nodules

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