Interventional bronchoscopic treatment of lung cancer

Abstract

Interventional bronchoscopy has developed rapidly in the management of lung cancer. Besides ablative resection of various modalities and balloon dilation/stent placement, which have been widely used in the management of malignant central airway obstruction, bronchoscopic brachytherapy and transbronchoscopic local injection of drugs are also developing. For early-stage peripheral lung cancer, transbronchoscopic ablation and the assisted localization of preoperative peripheral lung nodules by bronchoscopy are the new techniques. In addition, interventional bronchoscopy can manage complications related to lung cancer. Overall, interventional bronchoscopy has been an indispensable component in the treatment of lung cancer and has vast space for development. The review summarizes the recent updates.

Keywords

• Lung cancer
• Interventional bronchoscopy
• Malignant central airway obstruction