Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality rate worldwide, mainly because of the presence of metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Early detection of lung cancer improves prognosis, ...

Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2010;10(6):799-815. Two other new tools have been developed: optical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal fluorescence microscopy (CFM). To summarize, development of new ...

Sputum cytology and bronchoscopyexaminations could help detecting early central airway lung cancer, researchers of the University of Hong Kong said here Tuesday. The university's Faculty of Medicine ...

A new test for diagnosing TB offers a quick and simple alternative to existing three-day methods, according to a new article. The study shows that the test, which involves taking three sputum samples ...

MANY publications have appeared indicating that chronic infection of the lower respiratory tract is a common occurrence. 1–10 Usually, the bacteriology has been determined by aerobic culture of ...

The resurgence of interest and development of new technologies in lung cancer screening in recent years requires the definition of early lung cancer to be reassessed in terms of its biology and ...

Currently, adult patients with suspected PTB who cannot expectorate spontaneously have to undergo bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, which is sent for microscopy and culture in order to confirm ...

A new test for diagnosing TB offers a quick and simple alternative to existing three-day methods, according to research published today in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study shows ...