Conventional transbronchial needle aspiration is promising for identifying EGFR mutations in lung adenocarcinoma

Thoracic Cancer
Li-Han HsuNei-Min Chu

Abstract

Conventional transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is advantageous for the one-step diagnosis and staging of lung adenocarcinoma under topical anesthesia and conscious sedation. We examined its efficacy for identifying EGFR mutations. Forty-seven patients with proven or suspected lung adenocarcinoma indicated for hilar-mediastinal lymph node (LN) staging between June 2011 and December 2017 were enrolled. The cellblock was prepared using the plasma-thrombin method. TaqMan PCR was used to detect mutations. Considering cost effectiveness, only the sample with the highest tumor cell fraction in the same patient was chosen for analysis. TBNA provided positive results of malignancy in 27 patients. Seventeen patients (63.0%) had cellblocks eligible for mutation testing. Bronchial biopsy (n = 6), neck LN fine needle aspiration (n = 1), and brushing (n = 1), provided higher tumor cell fractions for analysis in eight patients. TBNA was the exclusive method used in nine patients (19.1%). For patients with an inadequate TBNA cellblock, bronchial biopsy (n = 5), neck LN fine needle aspiration (n = 3), computed tomography-guided transthoracic needle biopsy (n = 1), and brushing (n = 1) were used for analysis. Modification to specimen proce...Continue Reading

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