Biopsy

In this video, J. Nicholas Bodor, MD, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the department of hematology/oncology at Fox Chase Cancer, highlights important takeaways for interventional pulmonologists and other providers who may see patients with EGFR-mutated lung cancer.

Researchers found that women with type 2 diabetes who received at least two doses of GLP-1 receptor agonists had a 27% lower risk for developing new-onset uterine fibroids compared to those who use metformin or insulin.

DENVER — Women undergoing endometrial biopsy using vaginoscopic hysteroscopy reported less pain and were discharged sooner when the procedure was performed with intrauterine lidocaine compared with placebo, researchers reported.

More than half of patients with diabetes undergoing kidney biopsy had additional findings other than diabetic kidney disease, according to published data from the Cleveland Clinic Florida.

Following a surgical lung biopsy, pediatric patients faced greater odds for death within 30 days of their procedure if it was open vs. a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and if it was nonelective vs. elective, according to a study.

SAN DIEGO — Fewer patients with lung nodules had complications during a navigational bronchoscopy procedure vs. a CT-guided biopsy, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

The diagnostic yield for interstitial lung disease was comparable between immediate surgical lung biopsy and a strategy that began with transbronchial cryobiopsy, according to results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy may be omitted in certain patients with early-stage breast cancer, according to findings presented at American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.

An artificial intelligence-driven algorithm used a novel liquid biopsy assay to differentiate women with ovarian cancer from healthy patients, according to results presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.