Bronchoscopic debulking for endobronchial malignancy: Predictors of recanalization and recurrence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Central airway obstruction related to endobronchial malignancy is one of the most difficult oncological complications and requires efficient palliative intervention.

Methods

Fifty-three consecutive patients with unresectable endobronchial malignancy receiving bronchoscopic cryotherapy as palliative treatment were retrospectively reviewed. Efficiency was evaluated by the improvement of performance status (PS), and the best achievement of tumor removal was assessed as complete or partial removal.

Result

Patients' PS after cryotherapeutic tumor removal improved from the baseline PS (P = 0.006). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, the compression part of the tumor (odds ratio [OR] 0.42; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.23∼0.75, P = 0.004) and the thin t

SUBMITTER: Kuo SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4632924 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature