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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Ruprecht Kuner
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27489 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Kahn Nicolas N Meister Michael M Eberhardt Ralf R Muley Thomas T Schnabel Philipp A PA Bender Christian C Johannes Marc M Keitel Denise D Sültmann Holger H Herth Felix J F FJ Kuner Ruprecht R
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 20120601 6
<h4>Introduction</h4>Early detection of malignancies in the lung by less-invasive methods aims at achieving efficient intervention and subsequently a reduction of the high mortality rate. We investigated whether biomarker analysis in endobronchial epithelial-lining fluid (ELF) collected by bronchoscopic microsampling (BMS) may be useful for a definitive preoperative diagnosis.<h4>Methods</h4>ELF was collected from subsegmental bronchi close to the indeterminate pulmonary nodule, which was detect ...[more]