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Feasibility of Bronchial Washing Fluid-Based Approach to Early-Stage Lung Cancer Diagnosis
29 Apr 2019
Abstract excerpt
A blood-based approach such as circulating tumor DNA remains challenging in diagnosis for early-stage disease. Bronchial washing (BW) is a minimally invasive procedure that yields fluids that may contain tumor DNA. Therefore, we prospectively enrolled 12 patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer without endoscopically visible tumors. Somatic mutations were analyzed using ultra-deep next-generation...
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