Medical Center (MMC) now has new, state-of-the-art robotic technology — the Noah Medical Galaxy System — to improve early detection of lung cancer. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the ...

Furthermore, robotic-assisted bronchoscopy has been shown to be as accurate as computed tomography-guided transthoracic biopsy (CTTB) for diagnosing pulmonary nodules, with a diagnostic yield of ...

Many people at risk for lung cancer including current and former smokers undergo regular screening for lung cancer with a low ...

Generally, it can take two to four days for biopsy results and a week or longer for the full bronchoscopy report. When you ...

“Where nodules are found to be 15 or even 20 millimeters, clinicians may propose further testing, such as a positron emission tomography scan, bronchoscopy or tissue biopsy,” says Xin ...

When transbronchial biopsy is added to flexible bronchoscopy, the most common indications are those conditions in which histopathology is important in therapeutic decision making, such as lung ...

Flexible bronchoscopy is an invasive procedure that ... light source, cytology brushes, biopsy forceps, needle aspiration catheters, suction apparatus, supplemental oxygen, fluoroscopy (C-arm ...

The following is a summary of “Diagnostic performance of shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy for pleural-based and ...