article_snippet.sent: a single procedure involves inserting the EBUS down the throat, guided by a tiny camera fitted to A finger-width flexible tube.
article_snippet.sent: EBUS patients wait an average of 14 days for a decision, compared with 29 days for those diagnosed via more conventional techniques.
article_snippet.sent: And as well as getting a quicker diagnosis, patients who have undergone EBUS survive for longer.
article_snippet.sent: This is probably due to the fact that the EBUS can more accurately diagnose the type of cancer involved and therefore the type of treatment needed.
article_snippet.sent: ‘EBUS routinely prevents the need for scans, tests and operations and speeds up the route to the correct treatment,’ he says.
article_snippet.sent: One patient who received faster treatment thanks to the EBUS technique is retired sales worker Maureen Mullen.
article_snippet.sent: retired sales worker Maureen Mullen doctors could not be sure what type of cancer what type of cancer was without investigating further, so Her doctors recommended retired sales worker Maureen Mullen have the pioneering EBUS procedure.
article_snippet.sent: My consultant explained the pioneering EBUS procedure to me
article_snippet.sent: there were no side effects from the pioneering EBUS procedure, no dry mouth or sluggishness, and I felt really positive about the whole process.
article_snippet.sent: The EBUS revealed Maureen had small cell carcinoma, a form of lung cancer that can spread quickly, and Maureen needed a course of chemotherapy immediately.
article_snippet.sent: The EBUS was brilliantly efficient,’ adds Maureen.