title: Comprehensive diagnostic bronchoscopy of central type early stage lung cancer.
abstract: Due to advances in interventional bronchoscopy, curative treatment has become possible for central type lung cancer if it is detected in the early stage. However, expertise is required to diagnose the extent of tumor invasion and the depth of tumor involvement by conventional white light bronchoscopy alone, but judgement is still subjective. The development of autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB) and endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) has had a large impact on diagnostic bronchoscopy in the past decade and have been employed especially for the diagnosis of central type tumors. Objective evaluation by a comprehensive approach using AFB, EBUS and optical coherence tomography (OCT) enables selection of the optimal therapeutic strategy for central type early lung cancer (CELC).
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Oncology and Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare, Mita Hospital, Japan. ideda@wd5.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Aeru
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: Jitsuo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Usuda
authors.forename: Harubumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence