Fluorescence bronchoscopy in the detection of preinvasive bronchial lesions in patients with sputum cytology suspicious or positive for malignancy.
Lung Cancer
; 32(1): 19-25, 2001 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-11282425
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A new strategy in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the tracheobronchial tree is the detection and eradication of preinvasive bronchial lesions before they become invasive cancers. It is, however, difficult to detect preinvasive lesions by conventional white-light bronchoscopy alone.PURPOSE:
we conducted a detailed investigation on the use of fluorescence bronchoscopy in the detection of preinvasive bronchial lesions in patients with sputum cytology suspicious or positive for malignancy.METHODS:
64 participants with sputum cytology suspicious or positive for malignancy were examined with both white light and fluorescence bronchoscopy (LIFE group). Earlier to this study, before fluorescence bronchoscopy became available in our institute, 48 participants having sputum cytology suspicious or positive for malignancy were examined with white light bronchoscopy alone (control group). Biopsy specimens for pathological examinations were taken of all abnormal areas discovered by white light or fluorescence bronchoscopy examination.RESULTS:
In sputum cytology suspicious or positive for malignancy, the diagnosis of preinvasive bronchial lesions was greatly enhanced in the LIFE group as compared with the control group (45 vs. 7 lesions). The percentage of participants with preinvasive bronchial lesions was also significantly higher in the LIFE group than in the control group (40.6 vs. 12.5%, P = 0.00087, respectively).CONCLUSIONS:
Our study suggests that the use of fluorescence bronchoscopy in addition to conventional white-light examination could greatly enhance the detection and localization of preinvasive bronchial lesions in patients with sputum cytology suspicious or positive for malignancy.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Esputo
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Broncoscopía
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Carcinoma in Situ
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Lung Cancer
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón