Yale Medicine physicians are using robotic bronchoscopy instead of traditional bronchoscopy for lung cancer diagnosis. Robotic bronchoscopy allows them to better reach smaller parts of the lungs. During a robotic bronchoscopy, the doctor uses a controller at a console to operate a robotic arm, which then guides the bronchoscope’s thin, flexible tube through the airways.
A head-to-head comparison of five leading treatments for anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer could help oncologists fine-tune first-line TKI selection beyond what’s been seen in clinical trials alone, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the USC Shaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics have conducted.
