In this multicenter, randomized, parallel-group, noninferiority trial, we assigned patients with an intermediate-risk or high-risk peripheral pulmonary nodule measuring 10 to 30 mm in diameter to ...

It is allowing us to reach smaller peripheral pulmonary nodules in high-risk patients, which enables us to diagnose lung cancers at early stages and ultimately save more lives. Reference: Murgu SD ...

BARCELONA -- Good outcomes were the rule, not the exception, for select patients undergoing microwave ablation of peripheral lung nodules, results of a single-center study indicated. Among 52 ...

F or biopsy of indeterminate lung nodules, ... sites across the U.S. for bronchoscopic or transthoracic needle biopsy of a single peripheral indeterminate pulmonary nodule 10-30 mm in ...

A new technique to mark peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) before surgical resection was studied by Ganesh Krishna, M.D., a pulmonary/critical care medicine specialist, researcher and ...

Most lung nodules are not cancer, ... Bronchoscopic biopsies make it easier to reach the more peripheral and distant lung nodules that were previously very difficult to reach.

With an outer diameter of just 3.5 mm, the catheter is capable of navigating through narrow, complex airways to reach nodules in even the most remote areas of the lung.

Most lung nodules aren’t cancerous, but the risk becomes higher with increased size. Here's what you need to know.

Its minimally invasive nature allows for targeted biopsies in the peripheral lung, addressing the challenge of reaching nodules in this critical area, where a majority of lung nodules are located.” ...

This study will include 118 patients with peripheral lung nodules in two U.S. sites, Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville, Florida and Mayo Clinic’s campus in Rochester, Minnesota.

Many nonsmokers have lung nodules that have been linked to lung cancer, a new study warns.. About 42% of nonsmokers or former smokers have at least one lung nodule, which is a small mass of dense ...