Patient Education

Diseases of the Lung:

• Bronchitis
• Cancer - resources
• Lung cancer
• Lung cancer - non-small cell
• Lung cancer - small cell
• Lung disease
• Lung disease - resources
• Lung metastases (metastatic cancer)
• Nodules
• NSCLC
• SCLC

Procedures:

• Bronchoscopy
• Bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy
• Chest drainage tube insertion
• Lung needle biopsy
• Lymph node biopsy
• Pleural tap; Thoracentesis

Signs and symptoms:

• Blood clot - lung
• Blood clot in the legs
• Bone pain
• Brain tumor - metastatic
• Breathing difficulty
• Coughing up blood; Hemoptysis
• Headache
• Pleural effusion

Tests and studies:

• Bone scan
• Chest CT
• Chest MRI
• Chest radiography
• Echocardiogram
• Electrocardiogram
• Exercise stress test
• Head CT
• Head MRI

Tests and studies continued...

• Lung diffusion testing
• Lung function tests
• Lung ventilation/perfusion scan
• Nuclear medicine scan
• Spine MRI
• Spine x-ray
• Stress echocardiography
• Ultrasound

Therapy:

• Chemotherapy
• Laser surgery
• Lung surgery
• Pulmonary Lobectomy
• Radiation therapy