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
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- Angioplasty
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- Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy
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- Biopsy
Also see Bone Marrow Aspiration & Biopsy, Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - Blood Tests
Also see Complete Blood Count (CBC) Test - Bone Marrow Aspiration & Biopsy
- Bone Scan
Also see Sodium Fluoride PET/CT Bone Scan - Bronchoscopy
Also see Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy, Navigational Bronchoscopy
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- CAD for Mammography
- CBC Test
- CellSearch™ CTC Test
- Chemotherapy Resistance Testing
- Chemoresistance (see Chemotherapy Resistance Testing)
- Chest X-Ray
- Cholangioscopy
Also see ERCP - Colonoscopy
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Also see GE 16-Slice CT Scanner, Multidetector CT Scanner, Spiral CT - Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) Mammography
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- Diagnostic/Staging Surgery
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- Echocardiogram
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- Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
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Also see Colonoscopy, Video Capsule Endoscopy - Enteroscopy
- Extreme Drug Resistance (see Chemotherapy Resistance Testing)
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- Fine Needle Aspiration
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Flow Cytometry
- Fluorescence Bronchoscopy (see Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy)
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- Interventional Angiography
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- Large Bore CT/RT with Simulation
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- Lumbar Puncture
- Lumpectomy
- Lung Capacity Studies
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- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- PET/CT Scan
Also see Discovery™ PET/CT 600 Scanner - Pleuroscopy
- Prostascint® Scan
- Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
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- Radiograph
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- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Siemens ACUSON S2000
- Siemens Multi-Modality Workstation
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- SPECT/CT Camera
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- SpyGlass™
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- 3D CT Angiography
- Thoracentesis
- Tumor Markers
- Tumor Molecular Profiling
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- Ultrasound
Also see Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) - Upper Endoscopy
- Urine Tests
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- Video Capsule Endoscopy
- Venography
