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Long-term follow-up after first-line bronchoscopic therapy in patients with bronchial carcinoids

Monday, March 16, 2015

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Thorax

Source URL: http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2015/03/16/thoraxjnl-2014-206753?papetoc

Author(s)

Hes A P Brokx, Marinus A Paul, Pieter E Postmus, Thomas G Sutedja

The authors describe results of initial bronchoscopy therapy (IBT) for endobronchial carcinoids aimed at relieving obstruction, accurate subtyping, and potentially complete eradication. After a minimum follow-up of 5 years, 42% of patients were spared surgical therapy, having had no evidence of local or distant recurrence (42/83 with typical histology, 5/29 with atypical histology).