Bronchoscopy
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Advanced Diagnostics: Bronchoscopy
We use bronchoscopy technology to diagnose and stage certain cancers, such as lung cancer and esophageal cancer.
In this procedure, a thin, lighted tube connected to a camera (called a bronchoscope) is inserted through the patient’s mouth or nose and into the lungs. The bronchoscope helps us examine the bronchial path, including the trachea (windpipe), bronchi (tubes inside the lungs), and lungs.
Specifically, our cancer doctors use bronchoscopy procedures to:
- Locate and identify suspected tumors
- Evaluate the extent of the cancer
- Identify the cause of symptoms (e.g., difficulty breathing)
- Reveal and treat obstructions in the airway
- Collect sample lung tissue or fluid for lab analysis
- Perform certain treatment procedures (e.g., brachytherapy)
Bronchoscopy procedures can find cancerous cells that other surgical and imaging tools may not detect. For lung cancer patients, bronchoscopies often minimize the risks of more invasive lung biopsies.
Types of Bronchoscopies
We perform rigid and flexible bronchoscopies, as well as laser (e.g., regular laser, argon plasma coagulation, electric cautery) bronchoscopies.
Some specific bronchoscopy procedures include:
- White-light bronchoscopy
- Autofluorescence (blue-light) bronchoscopy
- Navigational bronchoscopy
Diagnostics
- Abdomen Biopsy
- Abscess Drainage and Fluid Collection Management
- All Digital: Portable Fluoroscopy and X-Rays
- Angiography with 3D CT
- Angioplasty
- Arterial Infusion Catheter Placement
- Arteriography
- Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy / Fluorescence Bronchoscopy
- Biliary Drainage (internal / external stent placement)
- Biopsy
- Blood Tests (see Complete Blood Count Test)
- Bone and Soft Tissue Biopsy
- Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Bone Scan (also see Sodium Fluoride PET/CT Bone Scan)
- Breast Biopsy (see MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy)
- Breast Ductography
- Breast Needle Localization
- Bronchoscopy
- CA-125 Test
- Cardiopulmonary Services
- CellSearch™ Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) Test
- Cellvizio®
- Chemoresistance (see Tumor Molecular Profiling)
- Chemotherapy Resistance Testing (see Tumor Molecular Profiling)
- Chest Biopsy
- Chest X-Ray
- Cholangiopancreatography (see ERCP)
- Cholangioscopy (see ERCP)
- Colonoscopy
- Complete Blood Count (CBC) Test
- Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
- Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) Mammography
- CT Angiography
- CT Bone Density
- CT Fluoroscopy
- CT Scan
- CT-Guided Biopsy
- Dexa Scan (Bone Density Scan)
- Diagnostic and Interventional Multi-Detector CT
- Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner
- 2D Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Endoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- Extreme Drug Resistance (see Tumor Molecular Profiling)
- Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA)
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Flow Cytometry
- Fluorescence Bronchoscopy
- Full Field Digital Mammography
- GE 16-slice CT Scanner / GE Volumetric CT Scanner
- GE Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner
- Genetics Counseling
- Genetics Testing
- Genomics
- Hysteroscopy
- Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Placement
- Interventional Angiography
- Interventional Radiology
- Intraoperative Ultrasound
- Large Bore CT/RT with Simulation
- LightSpeed® RT
- Liver Function Tests
- Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
- Lung Biopsy
- Lung Capacity Studies
- Lung Nodule Analysis
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammography Suite
- Microwave Ablation
- Miraluma Breast Imaging
- MR Computer-Aided Detection (CAD)
- MR Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) for Mammography
- MRI
- MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy
- Multi-Slice CT Scan
- Multidetector CT Scanner
- Multiple Lymph Node Biopsy
- Multiple-Gated Acquisition (MUGA) Scan
- Navigational Bronchoscopy
- Nephrostomy Drainage (external and/or internal)
- Nuclear Medicine Imaging
- Oncotype DX® Test
- PCA3 (Prostate Cancer Antigen 3 Gene) Gene Testing
- Pelvis Biopsy
- PET Scan
- PET/CT and Molecular Imaging
- PET/CT Scan (also see Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner)
- Pleuroscopy
- Point of Care Testing (POCT): Blood draws and lab testing performed at bedside/exam room
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- Prostascint® Scan
- Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test
- ProstaVysion (Genetic Test)
- Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT)
- Radioembolization
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Radiograph
- Radiology Information System: All digital, paperless environment and voice recognition diction
- Respiratory Gating
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping and Imaging
- Siemens / GE Multi-Modality Workstation
- Siemens ACUSON S2000TM Ultrasound System
- Sim Capable
- Sodium Fluoride PET/CT Bone Scan
- Soft Tissue Biopsy
- SPECT/CT Camera for Nuclear Studies
- Spiral Computed Tomography (CT)
- SpyGlass™ (Cholangioscopy)
- Surgical Radiography
- Thoracentesis
- Transrectal Ultrasound
- Tumor Markers
- Tumor Molecular Profiling
- Tumor Tissue Repository
- Ultrasound
- Urine Tests
- Venography
- Video Capsule Endoscopy
- X-Ray
