Endobronchial Brachytherapy
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Endobronchial brachytherapy is an innovative form of radiation therapy that uses High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy to destroy tumors in the lungs or throat, via the bronchial tubes.
The Treatment
During endobronchial brachytherapy, our radiation oncologist places a tiny catheter down the throat, meticulously positioning the catheter directly into or near the tumor. Once the catheter is in place, small pellets of radiation are placed in the catheter via a computer-controlled brachytherapy treatment machine called an afterloader.
During the treatment, pellets of radiation are inserted directly into or around the tumor. This helps to destroy the cancerous cells and tissues, while minimizing exposure to the surrounding healthy areas.
The treatment usually lasts about 3-10 minutes. Once treatment is complete, the afterloader removes the pellets and the radiation oncologist gently removes the catheter.
Endobronchial brachytherapy may be an alternative to external radiation. The procedure delivers a high concentration of radiation to a specific area, allowing for a greater radiation dose than external radiation, which affects a broader range of tissue.
Interventional Pulmonology
- Airway Stent removal, modification and maintenance (for stents placed by previous physicians)
- Airway Stents
- All Digital: Portable Fluoroscopy and X-Rays
- Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC)
- AuroLase® Therapy
- Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy / Fluorescence Bronchoscopy
- Balloon Bronchoplasty
- Brachytherapy (see High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy )
- Bronchoscopy
- Cardiopulmonary Services
- Cryotherapy
- CT Angiography
- CT Respiratory Gating
- Embolization
- Endobronchial Brachytherapy
- Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- Endobronchial Valve
- Fiducial Marker Placement
- Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA)
- HAST Testing-High Altitude Simulation Studies
- High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
- Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Placement
- Interventional Angiography
- Interventional Pulmonology
- IVC Filter Placement
- Kyphoplasty
- Laser Bronchoscopy
- Lobectomy
- Lung Biopsy
- Lung Capacity Studies
- Lung Nodule Analysis
- Medical Pleuroscopy
- Navigational Bronchoscopy
- Nd: YAG Laser
- PDT with cold laser tumor-specific tissue destruction
- Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
- PICC Lines
- Pleurodesis (with chemotherapy or talc) / Pleuroscopy
- Pneumonectomy
- Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT)
- Quantitative Ventilation Perfusion Studies
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Respiratory Gating
- Rigid Ventilating Bronchoscopy & Flexible Bronchoscopy
- Segmentectomy
- Full Service Sleep Center at Eastern (also see Sleep Lab at Southwestern)
- Sleep Medicine (see Sleep Center at Eastern, or Sleep Lab at Southwestern)
- SpyGlass™ (Cholangioscopy)
- Super-Dimension GPS Bronchoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracentesis and Pleural Biopsy
- Thoracic Surgery
- Thoracotomy
- Thrombolysis
- Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
- Vertebroplasty / Vertebral Ablation (see Kyphoplasty)
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
- X-Ray
