Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in this country. With significant modifiable risk factors like smoking, we put immense effort into persuading those who are ready to quit with our smoking cessation clinic to use both counseling and special medication to wean them away from the habit.
With technology growing leaps and bounds, those who are diagnosed early with radiological methods and confirmed with advanced interventional pulmonology gadgets are able to live a life of better quality.
At Aster Whitefield, we have gadgets necessary to diagnose lung cancers with a tissue diagnosis to identify the type of cancer and help the oncologist fine-tune treatment as per the type of cancer.
With navigation technologies and endobronchial ultrasound, it is now possible to stage the lung cancers then and there in the bronchoscopy suite with a rapid turnaround of results for quicker initiation of necessary treatment.
