High diagnostic yield and treatment impact of bronchoscopy in elderly lung cancer patients (≥ 80 years): A single-center retrospective study
Bronchoscopy in elderly patients with lung cancer demonstrated a high diagnostic yield and an acceptable safety profile, enabling specific treatments in the majority of cases. These findings support the clinical usefulness of bronchoscopy in guiding treatment decisions for elderly patients. However, non-diagnostic results were associated with a higher likelihood of BCS, highlighting the importance of achieving a definitive diagnosis in this population.
Authors
- Masaaki Matsunaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7942-1446)
- Aki Ikeda
- Masashi Kondo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8818-8316)
- Yasuhiro Gotô (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2235-8567)
- Takaya Sato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1938-6893)
- Takuma Ina
- Sumito Isogai
- Atsuhiko Ota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6452-1823)
- Kazuyoshi Imaizumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3790-8691)
- Tomoya Horiguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4223-6794)
- Naozumi Hashimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2337-629X)
- Ryoma Moriya
- Shotaro Okachi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-7953)
- Yuko Oya
- Shingo Maeda
- Chiaki Sawada
Institutions
- Fujita Health University Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Respiratory Investigation
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resinv.2025.101335
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00