Navigational Bronchoscopy or Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for Lung Nodules
The diagnostic accuracy of navigational bronchoscopy was noninferior to that of transthoracic needle biopsy among patients with peripheral pulmonary nodules measuring 10 to 30 mm. (Funded by Medtronic and others; VERITAS ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04250194.).
Authors
- Briana Swanner
- Kamran Mahmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8643-2634)
- George Z. Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6859-8705)
- Jonathan D. Casey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7188-4200)
- Charla Walston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1686-0812)
- Lonny Yarmus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2991-7758)
- Todd C. Hoopman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2269-6967)
- Katherine Frederick-Dyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3281-1452)
- Matthew Aboudara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8540-487X)
- Fabien Maldonado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6504-2063)
- Sameer K. Avasarala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1123-1704)
- Jennifer D. Duke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9844-1095)
- See‐Wei Low (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7523-7019)
- Tatsuki Koyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8908-9165)
- Otis B. Rickman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7222-6840)
- Gerard A. Silvestri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8464-2187)
- Najib Mahboob Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1195-1680)
- Samira Shojaee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9228-209X)
- Jonathan S. Kurman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8018-496X)
- Cristina Salmon
- Pierre-François D’Haese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2027-3009)
- Eric L. Grogan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3886-9399)
- Joyce E. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3680-4372)
- Robert J. Lentz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8186-0832)
- Virginia B. Planz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8365-2324)
- James Katsis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1055-4678)
- Lance Roller
- Momen M. Wahidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7942-1435)
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Saint Luke's Health System (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Science Oxford (GB)
- University School (US)
- Kootenai Medical Center (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2414059
- Citations
- 65
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 98.69
Funders
- Medtronic
- National Institutes of Health