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Bronchoalveolar Lavage BAL for Research; Obtaining Adequate Sample Yield
Published on: March 24, 2014
Jacob J Tokar1,2, Jay W Warrick1,2, David J Guckenberger1,2
11 University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
A new method called SLIDE (Sliding Lid for Immobilized Droplet Extraction) improves lung cancer diagnosis from bronchoalveolar lavage samples. This technique enhances the isolation of tumor cells, potentially leading to earlier and more personalized lung cancer treatments.
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