How This Philadelphia Hospital Is Making Biopsies Better And Easier For Lung Disease Patients

CBS Philadelphia

December 9, 2025

Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital is making biopsies better and easier for patients with lung disease. Instead of big incisions, doctors at Einstein are using tiny scopes with tips that freeze. For patients, it means they get diagnosed faster with no downtime.

Anne Marie Francano said she's relieved to be feeling better after finally being diagnosed with interstitial lung disease, which is an inflammation and scarring of the lungs.

"I was so sick," Francano said. "I honestly didn't think I was ever going to be back to some kind of normalcy."

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