ENB and Lung Cancer
If this could have been available 10 years ago.... The war in lung cancer is a slow and long one...
The doctor can create a 3D image of the tumor in Price's lung using "Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy" or "ENB."
Lalla says the system works just like a GPS -- pin-pointing the exact location of growths.
"Previously, by doing a biopsy of the lung under regular x-ray, the success rate was about 40-percent. By doing it with this new technique, it's about 80-percent," said Lalla.
Using a special scope, doctors are able to not only locate tumors, but also perform biopsies, find the best way to navigate to the growth, and place special "markers" that radiologists use to deliver treatment right to the site of the disease.
