In patients with > 1 lung nodule, the largest ... CB was performed with a 20-gauge automated cutting needle biopsy gun (Temno systems; Cardinal Health; Dublin, OH). Appropriate positioning ...

More conventional methods of diagnosing the disease include a needle biopsy under local ... used the Ion Robot for a biopsy of the lung nodule Nov. 19, which came back positive for cancer.

Sanmed’s liquid biopsy assay can distinguish between benign and malignant lung nodules by identifying individual cells bearing gains and/or loss of specific chromosomal loci that are labeled ...

The Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy System, a revolutionary tool in the field of pulmonary care, allows physicians to locate and ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

Robotic surgery was first introduced in the late 20th century and has long since found its place in the medical community.

the chance that they are lung cancer is very small. If a repeat scan shows that the nodule is growing, we might schedule you for a type of imaging test called a positron emission tomography (PET) scan ...

A South Carolina woman, who has been diagnosed with lung cancer twice ... explained how the Ion Robot’s white biopsy needle hits the nodule exactly. “Turns out she had a different cancer ...

Mixed opinions exist on the effect of the nodule size on diagnostic accuracy of percutaneous lung biopsies ... and validation of percutaneous biopsy results were not performed because several ...