The ION robotic bronchoscopy system lets doctors navigate a thin catheter deep into the lungs to reach tiny nodules that were once too hard to biopsy safely.

The guidelines provide more clarity in the use of further imaging, with ordinal scale reporting for PET-CT recommended to facilitate incorporation into risk models (section ‘Further imaging in ...

Thyroid nodules are the most common disease in the thyroid gland, where malignant nodules and some benign nodules can trigger thyroid cancer. Several computer-aided diagnostic methods have achieved ...

Thyroid nodules are growths in the thyroid gland, a small organ in your neck located in front of your windpipe (trachea). The thyroid gland produces thyroid hormone, which regulates many of your ...

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has been extensively employed as an imaging modality in thyroid nodule diagnosis due to its capacity to visualise the distribution and circulation of micro-vessels ...

Thyroid nodules are very common in the general population. In some people this nodule turns out to be a medullary thyroid carcinoma, which is a rare tumour of the thyroid gland. Calcitonin is one of ...

Solid thyroid nodules larger than 1 cm in diameter are submitted to fine needle biopsy for cytology. If multiple nodules are found, the fine needle biopsy is indicated in nodules that are suspicious ...

The Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) Center for Surgical Services has received an Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Health and Wellness Award in support of its new breast biopsy program. From left to ...

Thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the most accurate and reliable diagnostic technique for diagnosis of malignancy in thyroid nodules. It helps to select candidates for surgery, however ...

Navigational bronchoscopy showed similar accuracy to needle biopsy for diagnosing lung nodules, with a markedly lower risk of pneumothorax and related complications.

Introduction The promise of benefits from lung cancer screening is tempered by the false positive rate and the need to perform diagnostic procedures to determine the aetiology of the solitary ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Navigational bronchoscopy was noninferior to CT-guided biopsy when assessing diagnostic accuracy in patients with lung nodules, according to findings published in The New England ...