Can bronchoscopy detect lung cancer?

Can bronchoscopy detect lung cancer?

1. Bronchoscopy is an important means of examining lung cancer. For central lung cancer, bronchoscopy is the preferred diagnostic method. Bronchoscopy can not only directly determine whether the lesion is benign or malignant by directly viewing the lesion under the scope, but also directly perform biopsy on the lesion to obtain a pathological diagnosis, or perform cytological testing with a brush.

2. When patients have central lung cancer, bronchoscopy will be chosen for diagnosis. Bronchoscopy can not only diagnose but also treat lung cancer. Bronchoscopy can generally detect early lung cancer.

What should I pay attention to before lung cancer surgery?

Before lung cancer surgery, patients need to quit smoking and do lung capacity exercises for a period of time before the operation, cough hard to cough out the phlegm accumulated in the lungs, eat a light diet, and eat more vegetables, fungi, celery, etc.

Because lung cancer patients will have wound pain after surgery that affects coughing and expectoration, and they are afraid of pain and dare not cough, which will lead to some lung cancer complications and postoperative infection problems. It is very important for clinicians and rehabilitation therapists to help patients learn how to cough after surgery. There are no more preventive measures for interventional treatment of lung cancer. They are some routine melting or some routine matters before interventional treatment, such as some routine examinations, routine diet, routine skin preparation, etc. These are some basic preparations before surgery, and there are no special preparations.