Thoracic ultrasound is increasingly considered to be an essential tool for the pulmonologist.
It is used in diverse clinical scenarios, including as an adjunct to clinical decision making for …

Background High diagnostic accuracy, increasing clinical experience and technical
improvements are good reasons to consider lung ultrasound (US) for the assessment of …

Background: The evaluation of patients with lung lesions is challenging. The nature of the
lesion can be determined by pathological evaluation of biopsies. The pulmonologists will be …

Objectives Re-biopsy in progressive advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) after
first line treatment may reveal information about evolving tumor biology during treatment …

Genetic sequencing of malignancies has become increasingly important to uncover
therapeutic targets and capture the tumor's dynamic changes to drug sensitivity and …

Background: Diagnosis, staging, and molecular profiling of lung cancer are mostly carried
out with bronchoscopy or CT-guided aspiration/biopsy. However, patients with locally …

In the diagnosis of lung lesions, computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous
transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB) has a high diagnostic yield and a low complication rate …

Critical care ultrasound has shifted the paradigm of thoracic imaging by enabling the treating
physician to acquire and interpret images essential for clinical decision-making, at the …

Diagnosing lung cancer using a flexible bronchoscope is a safe procedure with a very low
risk of complications. Bronchoscopy has high diagnostic accuracy for endobronchial lesions …

Background Ultrasound-guided lung biopsy (USLB) is a minimally invasive, real-time, safe
and effective way to diagnose peripheral lung lesions. USLB is now widely used in clinical …