What examination does lung cancer operation do

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Now the air pollution is very serious, mainly because there are so many factories, the exhaust gas is very harmful to our body, so it is easy for us to suffer from lung cancer. A lot of people often ask what kind of examination should be done before lung cancer surgery? Let's take a look.

What examination does lung cancer operation do

1. Chest X-ray examination: the examination of lung cancer before operation? According to experts, chest X-ray is the first choice and the most basic examination method. The location and size of lung cancer can be known by X-ray examination.

2. Chest CT scan: secondly, the treatment of lung cancer needs to do chest CT scan. It is recognized as the preferred cross-sectional examination method for patients with pulmonary masses. CT scan can provide more information than chest X-ray in detecting smaller or hidden lesions, helping qualitative diagnosis and accurate staging. Chest enhanced CT scan can more effectively identify large vessels and lymph nodes.

3. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy: the examination of lung cancer before operation? Fiberoptic bronchoscopy can directly observe the changes of tissue, take tissue for pathological examination, or extract bronchial secretions for cytological examination, in order to make a clear diagnosis and determine the histological type.

matters needing attention

Lung cancer does great harm to our body, even makes us pay the cost of life, so we hope that in the future life, if we find lung cancer, we should treat it in time, and pay attention to the items that should be checked before surgery, so as to bid farewell to the pain brought by lung cancer as soon as possible.