Early Lung Cancer Detection

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. A major reason for poor prognosis is that patients are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and thus there are limited options for curative treatment at the time of diagnosis. Early detection may improve lung cancer survival, as demo...

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Published inClinics in chest medicine Vol. 39; no. 1; p. 45
Main Authors Inage, Terunaga, Nakajima, Takahiro, Yoshino, Ichiro, Yasufuku, Kazuhiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2018
Subjects
Bronchoscopy - methods
Early Detection of Cancer - methods
Humans
Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis
Autofluorescence bronchoscopy
Carcinoma in situ
Lung cancer
Narrow band imaging
High magnification bronchovideoscope
Endocytoscopy
Early detection
Sputum cytology
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Summary:Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. A major reason for poor prognosis is that patients are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and thus there are limited options for curative treatment at the time of diagnosis. Early detection may improve lung cancer survival, as demonstrated in computed tomography screening studies. New and innovative bronchoscopic methods have been developed for the early diagnosis of lung cancer. High-precision bronchoscopic imaging technology, such as optical biopsy, may potentially replace traditional biopsy techniques. This article reviews the advanced technologies for detection of early lung cancer.
ISSN:1557-8216
DOI:10.1016/j.ccm.2017.10.003