Table 2 Suggested steps for pathologists to increase clinical value of biopsy assessment of ILD.
From: Usual interstitial pneumonia: a clinically significant pattern, but not the final word
1. Recognize limitations of UIP as a diagnostic term [3, 4, 37] |
2. Shift diagnostic focus from fibrotic pattern to most likely etiology of disease |
3. Develop and validate new histologic classifications, criteria, and biomarkers for ILD that are evidence-based, easy to use, reliable, and predictive of treatment response |
