Image-Guided Lung Biopsy

Image-Guided Lung Biopsy - Diagnosis

If your chest x-ray or computed tomography (CT) shows an abnormality that could be cancer, a biopsy can be performed to check for both cancer as well as other diseases.

Other tests that might be used to evaluate for lung cancer:

Sputum cytology
Bronchoscopy

Image-Guided Lung Biopsy - Other Information

Article contributed by Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Singapore General Hospital

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