resp medicine - lung cancer

Question 1

types of non-small cell lunger cancer?

Answer 1

adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell lung cancer

Question 2

advantages of bronchoscopy?

Answer 2

• quick (15-20 min)

- samples can be taken from any visible

Question 3

disadvantages of bronchoscopy?

Answer 3

• not all lesions are accesible

- cant sample lymph nodes

Question 4

what is EBUS?

Answer 4

endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration

Question 5

advantages of EBUS?

Answer 5

• endobronchial samples possible

- lymph nodes can be sampled

Question 6

EBUS disadvantages?

Answer 6

• takes longer than bronchoscopy (45 min)

- higher risk and not always well tolerated

Question 7

CT guided lung biopsy advantages?

Answer 7

• low failure rate

- easy to sample peripheral lesions

Question 8

Disadvantages of CT guided lung biopsy?

Answer 8

-20% risk of pneumothorax
-need PFTs preprocedure
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