Impact of pulmonary hypertension on lung cancer management.

Introduction: The diagnosis and management of lung cancer is challenging among patients followed-up for pulmonary hypertension (PH). Many interventional procedures are not suitable for severely ill patients, thus limiting the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. We report on patients diagnosed with both conditions in our Institution.

Liquid Biopsy of Non-Plasma Body Fluids in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Look Closer to the Tumor!

Liquid biopsy is a rapidly emerging field due to an increasing number of oncogenic drivers and a better understanding of resistance mechanisms to targeted therapies in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The sensitivity of the most widely used blood-based assays is, however, limited in particular in cases of low tumor volume where shed of tumor-derived material can be limited. A negative result thus requires biopsy confirmation using minimally invasive sampling procedures that can result in small specimens, which are often not suitable for genotyping.