Detection+and+Diagnosis

There are many ways of detecting and diagnosing lung cancer and here are just some of them.

Bronchoscopy: Examination of the airways by bronchoscopy (visualizing the airways through a thin, fiberoptic probe inserted through the nose or mouth) may reveal areas of tumor that can be sampled (biopsied) for diagnosis by a pathologist.
 * (PET) scanning is a specialized imaging technique that uses short-lived radioactive drugs to produce three-dimensional colored images of those substances in the tissues within the body.
 * (MRI) scans may be appropriate when precise detail about a tumor's location is required. The MRI technique uses magnetism, radio waves, and a computer to produce images of body structures.
 * **CT (computerized tomography, computerized axial tomography, or CAT) scans** may be performed on the chest, abdomen, and/or brain to examine for both metastatic and lung tumors.
 * Last but not least the chest x-ray, where the take an x-ray of your chest and look for build ups that might be cancerous.

Here is a video of a Bronchoscopy. media type="youtube" key="e7xvhw3YTEU" height="385" width="480"

Here is a video of a PET scan.

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