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Lung cancer cytology and small biopsy specimens: diagnosis, predictive biomarker testing, acquisition, triage, and management.
Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology - 1 Jan 2000
Sung Simon, Heymann Jonas J, Crapanzano John P, Moreira Andre L, Shu Catherine, Bulman William A, Saqi Anjali
Abstract excerpt
In the 21st century, there has been a dramatic shift in the management of advanced-stage lung carcinoma, and this has coincided with an increasing use of minimally invasive tissue acquisition methods. Both have had significant downstream effects on cytology and small biopsy specimens. Current treatments require morphologic, immunohistochemical, and/or genotypical subtyping of non-small cell lung carcinoma. To...
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