Utility of ultrasound-guided liver tumor biopsy for next-generation sequencing-based clinical sequencing.
Yuji EsoTadayuki KouHiroki NagaiYoung Hak KimMasashi KanaiShigemi MatsumotoMasako MishimaSoichi ArasawaEriko IguchiFumiyasu NakamuraHaruhiko TakedaAtsushi TakaiKen TakahashiYoshihide UedaManabu MutoHiroshi SenoPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2019)
Our findings suggest that US-guided liver tumor biopsy is a useful and safe method for obtaining high-quality samples for NGS-based clinical sequencing. In cases with metastatic liver tumors, US-guided biopsy should be considered to provide accurate and optimal sequencing results for patients.