<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, due to the fact that most patients are diagnosed in a fairly advanced stage. Screening tests such as sputum citology, chest x-rays or CT scans have their limitations and need further histological confirmation of the diagnosis.</p><p>Therefore, the need forfast and accurate detection and staging of lung cancer has determined the development of advanced medical procedures using bronchoscopic methods such as white light bronchoscopy, narrow-band imaging, auto-fluorescence bronchoscopy, confocal fluorescence microendoscopy or echoendoscopy.</p></abstract>

Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, due to the fact that most patients are diagnosed in a fairly advanced stage. Screening tests such as sputum citology, chest x-rays or CT scans have their limitations and need further histological confirmation of the diagnosis.Therefore, the need forfast and accurate detection and staging of lung cancer has determined the development of advanced medical procedures using bronchoscopic methods such as white light bronchoscopy, narrow-band imaging, auto-fluorescence bronchoscopy, confocal fluorescence microendoscopy or echoendoscopy.

The Importance of Bronchoscopy in Early Lung Cancer (LC) Diagnosis

Faculty of Medicine, University “Ovidius” of Constanta

ARS Medica Tomitana

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Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, due to the fact that most patients are diagnosed in a fairly advanced stage. Screening tests such as sputum...

The Importance of Bronchoscopy in Early Lung Cancer (LC) Diagnosis

Published Online: Mar 30, 2017

Page range: 270 - 277

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2016-0046

Keywords
lung cancer, bronchoscopy with white light, diagnosis

© 2016 Tofolean Doina-Ecaterina et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Importance of Bronchoscopy in Early Lung Cancer (LC) Diagnosis

Published Online: Mar 30, 2017

Page range: 270 - 277

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2016-0046

Keywordslung cancer, bronchoscopy with white light, diagnosis

© 2016 Tofolean Doina-Ecaterina et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
lung cancer, bronchoscopy with white light, diagnosis