Cone Beam Computed Tomography-Guided Bronchoscopy versus Computed Tomography-Guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesion Diagnosis
CBCT-GB demonstrated a 24-month diagnostic accuracy comparable to CT-TTNB while offering improved safety and concurrent mediastinal lymph node staging. This data supports CBCT-GB as the optimal initial procedure for PPL diagnosis.
Authors
- Dwayne Free
- Harmeet Bedi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7241-4881)
- Eric T. Sumner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-220X)
- CARRIE CAO
- Pranjal Patel
- Hee Jae Choi
- David E. Ost
- Aishwarya Yenepalli
- Cyra-Yoonsun Kang
- Brian Shaller
- Jiwoon Chang
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- University of California Davis Medical Center (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- CHEST Journal
- Published
- 2026-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2026.02.038
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00