Biopsy and rebiopsy for non-small-cell lung cancer: current and future methods

Abstract

Paul Zarogoulidis*,1, Christoforos Kosmidis1, Varvara Fyntanidou2, Zoi Aidoni1, Kosmas Tsakiridis3, Charilaos Koulouris1, Nikolaos Michalopoulos1, Anastasios Barmpas1, Haidong Huang4, Chong Bai4, Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt5 & Konstantinos Sapalidis1 1Third Department of Surgery, ‘AHEPA’ University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece 2Anesthesiology Department, ‘AHEPA’ University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece 3Thoracic Surgery Department, ‘Interbalkan’ European Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece 4Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China 5Sana Clinic Group Franken, Department of Cardiology/Pulmonology/Intensive Care/Nephrology, ‘Hof’ Clinics, University of Erlangen, Hof, Germany *Author for correspondence: pzarog@hotmail.com