Cone beam CT based Navigation Bronchoscopy (CBCT-NB) has predominantly been investigated as a diagnostic tool in (suspected) primary lung cancers. Small metastatic lesions are clinically considered more challenging to diagnose, but no study has explored the yield of navigation bronchoscopy in patients with pulmonary metastatic lesions (ML) compared to primary lung cancers (PL), correcting for known lesion characteristics affecting diagnostic yield.
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