BOSTON - Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a ...

They may want to biopsy and possibly remove nodules that are large, grow, or are suspicious for cancer. If cancer is involved ...

Lung nodules are often detected incidentally on a chest X-ray or ... and lungs without an incision Biopsy – enables a physician to remove cells or tissues for examination by a pathologist. The ...

The Lung Nodule Program at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center will ... “If the patient needs surgical removal of the nodule, that would be facilitated as well. And if the patient needs a follow-up ...

The doctor gently guides the catheter through your mouth and into your lung. Using the map as a guide, they navigate the catheter through the bronchial tree to the nodule. They remove a tiny sample to ...

In many cases, a minimally invasive approach to remove the nodules can be used, which means the spot can often be removed with only a limited amount of lung tissue. The hospital stay is quite brief in ...