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[The Methods and Clinical Significance of Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer]. 2017

Wei-Min Li, and Shuang Zhao, and Lun-Xu Liu

Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Lung cancer is the leading contributor to morbidity and mortality from cancer worldwide, with its 5-year overall survival being only about 15.6%. Due to the lack of specific early screening methods for lung cancer, about 75% patients are diagnosed late. Therefore, it remains the big challenge for the early diagnosis of lung cancer. We need to pay more attention to the screening of lung cancer, and more precise assessment and management to the pulmonary nodules screened out. Further study on liquid biopsy, optimization of new fiberoptic bronchoscopy and the sampling methods to harvest small volume of lung tissue, could be helpful to improve the early diagnosis of lung cancer.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008168	Lung	Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.	Lungs
D008175	Lung Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the LUNG.	Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D001980	Bronchi	The larger air passages of the lungs arising from the terminal bifurcation of the TRACHEA. They include the largest two primary bronchi which branch out into secondary bronchi, and tertiary bronchi which extend into BRONCHIOLES and PULMONARY ALVEOLI.	Primary Bronchi,Primary Bronchus,Secondary Bronchi,Secondary Bronchus,Tertiary Bronchi,Tertiary Bronchus,Bronchi, Primary,Bronchi, Secondary,Bronchi, Tertiary,Bronchus,Bronchus, Primary,Bronchus, Secondary,Bronchus, Tertiary
D001999	Bronchoscopy	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the bronchi.	Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgeries,Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedure,Bronchoscopies,Surgeries, Bronchoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Bronchoscopic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001706	Biopsy	Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body.	Biopsies
D055088	Early Detection of Cancer	Methods to identify and characterize cancer in the early stages of disease and predict tumor behavior.	Cancer Screening,Cancer Screening Tests,Early Diagnosis of Cancer,Cancer Early Detection,Cancer Early Diagnosis,Cancer Screening Test,Screening Test, Cancer,Screening Tests, Cancer,Screening, Cancer,Test, Cancer Screening,Tests, Cancer Screening