Molecular characterization and diagnostic yield of semirigid thoracoscopy in malignant pleural effusions of pulmonary origin

This study confirms the high clinical utility of samples obtained through semirigid thoracoscopy for EGFR and ALK genotyping in primary lung cancers.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 6, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Mouronte Roibas, C., Botana-Rial, M., Gonzalez-Pineiro, A., Ramos-Hernandez, C., Nunez-Delgado, M., Leiro-Fernandez, V., Ruano-Ravina, A., Fernandez-Villar, A. Tags: Interventional Pulmonology Source Type: research