Bronchoscopic Treatment of Inoperable Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer

Overview

Journal Eur Respir Rev

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2020 Nov 6

PMID 33153988

Citations 5

Authors

Christopher M Kniese

Ali I Musani

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Abstract

Patients with unresectable lung cancer range from those with early-stage or pre-invasive disease with comorbidities that preclude surgery to those with advanced stage disease in whom surgery is contraindicated. In such cases, a multidisciplinary approach to treatment is warranted, and may involve medical specialties including medical oncology, radiation oncology and interventional pulmonology. In this article we review bronchoscopic approaches to surgically unresectable lung cancer, including photodynamic therapy, brachytherapy, endoscopic ablation techniques and airway stenting. Current and past literature is reviewed to provide an overview of the topic, including a highlight of potential emerging approaches.

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