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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid-Isolated Biomarkers for the Diagnostic and Prognostic Assessment of Lung Cancer.

Alexandros Kalkanis, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Dries Testelmans, Alexandra Kopitopoulou, Eva Boeykens, Els Wauters

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07331701 (Association of BAL Fluid T-Cell Immune Activity With Tumor PD-L1 Expression and Its Prognostic Value), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07331701 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Association of BAL Fluid T-Cell Immune Activity With Tumor PD-L1 Expression and Its Prognostic Value: A Prospective Observational Study

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorSeoul National University HospitalRan2026 to 2027Enrolled60ConditionsLung Neoplasms, Tumor Immune Microenvironment
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluidTranslational lung cancer research · 2026
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  2. Evaluation of ICAM and VCAM as biomarkers in serum and bronchoscopic lavage samples of lung cancer patients.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  8. [Applications and Advances of Metabolomics in Lung Cancer Research].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandros KalkanisDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1740-6782
Dimitrios PapadopoulosDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5547-6474
Dries TestelmansDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7303-9799
Alexandra KopitopoulouDepartment of Pulmonology, General Hospital Rivierenland, Campus Bornem, 2880 Bornem, Belgium.
Eva BoeykensDepartment of Pulmonology, General Hospital Rivierenland, Campus Bornem, 2880 Bornem, Belgium.
Els WautersDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer is considered one of the most fatal malignant neoplasms because of its late detection. Detecting molecular markers in samples from routine bronchoscopy, including many liquid-based cytology procedures, such as bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), could serve as a favorable technique to enhance the efficiency of a lung cancer diagnosis. BALF analysis is a promising approach to evaluating the tumor progression microenvironment. BALF's cellular and non-cellular components dictate the inflammatory response in a cancer-proliferating microenvironment. Furthermore, it is an essential material for detecting clinically significant predictive and prognostic biomarkers that may aid in guiding treatment choices and evaluating therapy-induced toxicities in lung cancer. In the present article, we have reviewed recent literature about the utility of BALF analysis for detecting markers in different stages of tumor cell metabolism, employing either specific biomarker assays or broader omics approaches.

Indexed as

biomarkersbronchoalveolar lavage fluidlung neoplasmtumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID36552956
PMCPMC9776496
OpenAlexW4310201994

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