Research Article
An Audit of CT Chest Reports and Their Potential Impact on the Workup of Patients with Suspected Lung Cancer
Table 2
Additional imaging studies and invasive testing suggested in CT reports.
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Bronchoscopy was considered guideline-concordant in the presence of widely metastatic disease and endobronchial disease. Similarly, tissue sampling, not specified, was considered concordant in the presence of only one potential biopsy site. Bronchoscopy was considered guideline-discordant in the presence of an otherwise easily accessible biopsy site (e.g., nodes accessible with endoscopic ultrasound or accessible metastatic site) and no clear endobronchial disease. Similarly, tissue sampling, not specified, was considered guideline-discordant in the absence of a clear recommendation to target a specific, accessible biopsy site. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||