MICROBIOME, IMMUNE MARKERS, AND CRYOBIOPSY DIAGNOSTIC YIELD IN THE PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

Abstract

Vytautas Ankudavičius successfully defended a doctoral dissertation “Microbiome, immune markers, and cryobiopsy diagnostic yield in the patients with non-small cell lung cancer” at the open session of the Medical Research Council of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences on May 23, 2024. The Dissertation has been prepared at the Department of Pulmonology of the Faculty of Medicine of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences during the period of 2019–2023 year. The article presents the main results of the dissertation.

Scientific Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Marius Žemaitis (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Medicine – M 001).

The Defense Council:
Prof. Dr. Elona Juozaitytė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Medicine – M 001).
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Dambrauskienė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Medicine – M 001).
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Audrius Ivanauskas (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Medicine – M 001).
Prof. Dr. Edvardas Danila (Vilnius University, Medical and Health Sciences, Medicine – M 001).
Prof. Dr. Alan Altraja (University of Tartu, Medical and Health Sciences, Medicine – M 001).