Prospective evaluation of EBUS-TBNA specimens for programmed death-ligand 1 expression in non-small cell lung cancer patients: a pilot study

ABSTRACT Objective: EBUS-TBNA cytological sampling is routinely performed for pathological diagnosis, mediastinal staging, and molecular testing in lung cancer patients. EBUS-TBNA samples are not formally accepted for testing programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression. The objective of the study...

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Main Authors: Juliana Guarize, Elena Guerini Rocco, Filippo de Marinis, Giulia Sedda, Luca Bertolaccini, Stefano Maria Donghi, Monica Casiraghi, Clementina Di Tonno, Massimo Barberis, Lorenzo Spaggiari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2021-07-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132021000400200&tlng=en