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Review
. 2023 Jul;53(7):1269-1272.
doi: 10.1111/imj.16153. Epub 2023 Jun 28.

Do brushings taken during bronchoscopy for suspected primary lung cancer increase diagnostic yield? An audit of real-world clinical practice

Dorothy Davidson  1   2 , Matthew Page  1   2 , David Budge  1   2 , Rebekah Goodwin  1   2 , Sewoon Kim  1   2 , Aaron Trembath  1   2 , Jonathan Wood  1   2 , Jack Dummer  1   2 , Lianne Parkin  2
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Do brushings taken during bronchoscopy for suspected primary lung cancer increase diagnostic yield? An audit of real-world clinical practice

Dorothy Davidson et al. Intern Med J. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

We reviewed clinical records to determine whether the use of bronchial brushings improved diagnostic yield in a setting where bronchoscopy for suspected primary lung cancer is routinely guided by prior chest computed tomography but endobronchial ultrasound-guided sampling is unavailable. For 29% of cases who had brushings and at least one other test taken (bronchial biopsies or washings), the histological diagnosis was made solely on the basis of samples obtained by brushings.

Keywords: bronchoscopy; diagnosis; lung neoplasms.

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