Advances in bronchoscopy for lung cancer.
Bronchoscopic techniques have seen significant advances in the last decade. The development and refinement of different types of endobronchial ultrasound and navigation systems have led to improved diagnostic yield and lung cancer staging capabilities. The complication rate of these minimally invasive procedures is extremely low as compared to traditional transthoracic needle biopsy and surgical sampling. These advances augment the safe array of methods utilized in the work up and management algorithms of lung cancer.
Department of Medicine Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, New York, USA ; Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA.
Samjot Singh
SS
Dhillon
Elisabeth U
EU
Dexter
Bronchoscopy; electromagnetic navigation; endobronchial ultrasound; lung nodule