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SUBMITTER: Martin-Deleon R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8123471 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martin-Deleon Roberto R Teixido Cristina C Lucena Carmen Mª CM Martinez Daniel D Fontana Ainhoa A Reyes Roxana R García Mireia M Viñolas Nuria N Vollmer Ivan I Sanchez Marcelo M Jares Pedro P Pérez Francisco Manuel FM Vega Naiara N Marin Elba E Marrades Ramón Mª RM Agustí Carlos C Reguart Noemi N
Cancers 20210425 9
Clinical guidelines promote the identification of several targetable biomarkers to drive treatment decisions in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but half of all patients do not have a viable biopsy. Specimens from endobronchial-ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) are an alternative source of material for the initial diagnosis of NSCLC, however their usefulness for a complete molecular characterization remains controversial. EBUS-TBNA samples were prospectively tes ...[more]