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Mercy's comprehensive cancer program offers the most advanced technologies and minimally-invasive techniques for diagnosing and treating lung cancer. Among the diagnostic techniques used are:
superDimension bronchoscopy | This GPS-like navigation system allows the surgeon to steer a small catheter through the mouth, down the trachea and far into the lung to locate and biopsy suspicious lesions without open surgery
EBUS | Endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsy (EBUS) enables the surgeon to use a bronchoscope inserted through the mouth to biopsy lesions and lymph nodes surrounding the airway. Improved images allow the physician to accurately biopsy difficult to reach lymph nodes
Mediastinoscopy | In this minimally invasive diagnostic technique, a thin scope is inserted through a small incision in the neck to biopsy lesions and lymph nodes in the space between the lungs (mediastinum)
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) | This new procedure allows the doctor to insert a small camera and surgical tools through 1-2 cm openings in the chest to complete a wedge biopsy for the diagnosis of lung cancer and other lung diseases |
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