A Disturbing Case of Needle Track Seeding from Biopsy of a Previously Resected NSCLC Tumor
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Several days ago, I had a new patient referred to me who has something I've never seen before. Though patients will occasionally ask about the risk of their lung cancer being spread by a biopsy or surgery, I've not seen and have heard of this only very, very rarely with lung cancer -- though it's not uncommon to see growth through the needle track of a biopsied mesothelioma.