{"id":1553,"date":"2016-11-09T16:53:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T16:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2016-11-09T16:53:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T16:53:30","slug":"new-spinview-navigational-bronchoscopy-aids-in-early-diagnosis-of-lung-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/2016\/11\/09\/new-spinview-navigational-bronchoscopy-aids-in-early-diagnosis-of-lung-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"New SPiNView Navigational Bronchoscopy Aids in Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lung cancer<\/a> is the\u00a0deadliest malignancy in the\u00a0world, claiming more lives than\u00a0colon, breast, prostate, and\u00a0pancreatic cancers combined.\u00a0While early detection greatly\u00a0increases the chances of\u00a0successful treatment and\u00a0improves survival rates, most\u00a0lung cancers aren\u2019t found until\u00a0they are at advanced stages.<\/p>\n

\"SPiNView\"

Veran\u2019s SPiNView electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy system.<\/p><\/div>\n

Technology called electromagnetic\u00a0navigational bronchoscopy\u00a0is playing a vital role in\u00a0turning this trend around.<\/p>\n

Notably, Cooper is the first and, to\u00a0date, only hospital in South Jersey to\u00a0utilize Veran\u2019s SPiNView electromagnetic\u00a0navigation bronchoscopy system that\u00a0enables physicians to biopsy solitary\u00a0pulmonary nodules (SPNs) for the\u00a0potential early diagnosis of lung cancer.<\/p>\n

This state-of-the-art navigation\u00a0system, which is included in the new\u00a0American College of Chest Physicians\u00a0(ACCP) guidelines for establishing\u00a0the diagnosis of lung cancer, provides\u00a0visualization, accurate navigation,\u00a0and real-time confirmation\u00a0of nodule location\u2014something\u00a0that conventional bronchoscopy\u00a0cannot do.<\/p>\n

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Wissam Abouzgheib, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe lungs simply have\u00a0too many bifurcations to easily\u00a0find single nodules,\u201d explains\u00a0interventional pulmonologist\u00a0Wissam Abouzgheib, MD<\/a>. \u201cIf\u00a0you were to spread out the\u00a0lungs\u2019 airways, the surface\u00a0would equal the size of half a\u00a0tennis court. And you\u2019re trying\u00a0to find the equivalent of a quarter-size\u00a0lesion using a small needle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, we\u2019d view CT results,\u00a0approximate where the nodule was, and\u00a0try to navigate the airways to reach it,\u201d\u00a0he continues. \u201cBut we often were wrong\u00a0because there were just too many turns to\u00a0make. We needed a GPS system to guide\u00a0us to the nodule.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what SPiNView provides,\u201d he\u00a0adds. \u201cIt enables you to create a roadmap\u00a0to the target, follow it and, once there, it\u00a0tells you you\u2019re inside so you can obtain a\u00a0specimen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The SPiNView system also offers a\u00a0significant advantage over other navigation\u00a0bronchoscopy technology currently\u00a0available.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe navigational guidance isn\u2019t just\u00a0endobronchial but also percutaneous,\u201d Dr.\u00a0Abouzgheib says. \u201cIf there\u2019s a nodule near\u00a0the chest wall but you can\u2019t reach it via\u00a0bronchoscopy because there\u2019s no airway\u00a0leading to it, SPiNView allows you to use a\u00a0needle from the outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo instead of stopping and\u00a0rescheduling the patient for a second\u00a0procedure, we can perform two procedures\u00a0during the same encounter,\u201d he adds. \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0easier on the patient and speeds time to\u00a0diagnosis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another unique SPiNView advantage\u00a0is that the technology complements the\u00a0CyberKnife <\/a>robotic radiosurgery system.<\/p>\n

\u201cA large portion of lung cancer\u00a0patients aren\u2019t surgical candidates due\u00a0to comorbidities, but they can be treated\u00a0with radiosurgery,\u201d Dr. Abouzgheib\u00a0notes. \u201cDuring navigational biopsy with\u00a0SPiNView, we can facilitate treatment by\u00a0placing the fiducial markers necessary for\u00a0subsequent CyberKnife therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n

As more current and former smokers\u00a0undergo low-dose CT screening based on\u00a0the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force\u00a0guidelines, the appropriate selection of\u00a0patients for biopsy is the key to efficacy\u00a0and cost-effectiveness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t biopsy every nodule we\u00a0pick up, just the ones that are suspicious,\u201d\u00a0Dr. Abouzgheib stresses, noting that about\u00a096 percent of nodules his team detects\u00a0are benign. \u201cYou want your patient to be\u00a0evaluated by someone who sees a high\u00a0volume of these cases, and that\u2019s what we\u00a0do here at Cooper.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving such advanced technology\u00a0allows Cooper to be one of the few\u00a0institutions in the region to offer patients\u00a0earlier, quicker, and more efficacious\u00a0diagnosis of suspicious lung nodules,\u201d says\u00a0R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, MCCM, Chair\u00a0of the Department of Medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cooper Adult Health Institute<\/a> is\u00a0committed to cutting-edge interventional\u00a0pulmonology as we partner with MD\u00a0Anderson Cooper Cancer Center <\/a>to\u00a0diagnose lung cancer and, equally\u00a0important, to find alternate diagnoses that exclude lung cancer,\u201d he adds. \u25a0<\/p>\n

For more information or to refer a patient for evaluation, please contact Cooper\u2019s\u00a0Interventional Pulmonology Department at 856.342.2406.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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