Biopsy

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.

Vibration-controlled transient elastography-based Agile scores accurately predicted liver-related events in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and “may be suitable alternatives” to routine liver biopsy.

A biotech startup that specializes in gene therapy for neurocognitive disorders has acquired the patents to detect autism spectrum disorder in newborns using a skin biopsy, according to a press release.

The cost of liquid biopsy for second-line colorectal cancer screening was not cost-effective and would have to be reduced by 66% to increase uptake among the general population, according to data in JAMA Network Open.