# #16, S1 How the VERITAS Trial Has Transformed Lung Cancer Diagnosis Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-thoracic-7116337/16-s1-how-the-veritas-trial-has-transformed-lung-cancer-diagnosis Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-thoracic-7116337/16-s1-how-the-veritas-trial-has-transformed-lung-cancer-diagnosis.md Podcast: [Thinking Thoracic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-thoracic-7116337) Published: 2025-10-30T15:21:53+00:00 Episode link: https://thinkingthoracic.podbean.com/e/how-the-veritas-trial-has-transformed-lung-cancer-diagnosis/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4u8bu2hkzwxuwkb9/TT-MaldonadoLentz-v2.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thinking-thoracic-7116337/episodes/16-s1-how-the-veritas-trial-has-transformed-lung-cancer-diagnosis Duration seconds: 2561 ## Resource This episode of Thinking Thoracic explores the VERITAS trial, which compared navigational bronchoscopy with CT-guided biopsy in a rigorous, randomized design, bringing much-needed evidence to interventional pulmonology. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thinking-thoracic-7116337/episodes/16-s1-how-the-veritas-trial-has-transformed-lung-cancer-diagnosis/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/thinking-thoracic-7116337/16-s1-how-the-veritas-trial-has-transformed-lung-cancer-diagnosis.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.