Cryobiopsy as a reliable technique for the preoperative identification of micropapillary/solid components in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma is currently the most common histologic type of primary lung cancer [1]. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society classification proposed the division of lung adenocarcinomas into five major predominant subtypes (lepidic, acinar, papillary, micropapillary [MIP], and solid [SOL]) and variant subtypes (invasive mucinous, colloid, fetal, and enteric adenocarcinoma) [2]. This classification is considered to be correlated with clinical prognosis and is currently used worldwide.

Source: Lung Cancer - November 12, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mikito Suzuki, Yuji Matsumoto, Tatsuya Imabayashi, Takashi Teishikata, Takaaki Tsuchida, Hisao Asamura, Yasushi Yatabe Source Type: research