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  "id": 4976132,
  "title": "Q&A: Combining diagnosis, staging, tumor localization and surgery into a minimally invasive procedure for lung cancer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/q-a-combining-diagnosis-staging-tumor-localization-and-surgery-into-a",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-02T00:20:02.000Z",
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    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-qa-combining-diagnosis-staging-tumor.html"
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  "summary": "For patients with early-stage lung cancer, the journey from diagnosis to treatment often involves multiple procedures spread across several weeks or even months. During that time, patients may undergo separate biopsies to confirm a diagnosis, additional tests to determine whether the cancer has spread, procedures to help surgeons locate difficult-to-find tumors and, finally, surgery to remove the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}