Background: Malignant central airway obstruction (CAO) occurs in approximately 20â??30% of patients with lung\ncancer and is associated with debilitating symptoms and poor prognosis. Multimodality therapeutic bronchoscopy\ncan relieve malignant CAO, though carries risk. Evidence to guide clinicians regarding which patients may benefit\nfrom such interventions is sparse. We aimed to assess the clinical and radiographic predictors associated with\ntherapeutic bronchoscopy success in relieving malignant CAO.\nMethods: We reviewed all cases of therapeutic bronchoscopy performed for malignant CAO at our institution from\nJanuary 2010â??February 2017. Therapeutic bronchoscopy success was defined as establishing airway patency...................
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