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Part I Advances in Diagnostic Bronchology. <p>1 Autofluorescence in the Detection of Lung Cancer.</p> <p>(Michael J. Simoff).</p> <p>2 New Technologies for the Endobronchial Assessment of the Pulmonary Tract.</p> <p>(Mark E. Brezinski).</p> <p>3 Endobronchial Ultrasound.</p> <p>(Felix J.F. Herth & Heinrich D. Becker).</p> <p>4 Advances in Diagnostic Bronchoscopy: Virtual Bronchoscopy and Advanced Airway Imaging.</p> <p>(Rex C. Yung & Leo Patrick Lawler).</p> <p>5 Medical Simulation: Current uses and Future Applications. (Joseph L. Tasto & Jonathan P. Balcombe).</p> <p>6 Bronchoscopy and Computer Technology.</p> <p>(Heinrich D. Becker).</p> <p>Part II Advances in Therapeutic Bronchology.</p> <p>7 Rigid Bronchoscopy.</p> <p>(Jed A. Gorden & Douglas E.Wood).</p> <p>8 Fire and Ice: Laser Bronchoscopy, Electrocautery and Cryotherapy.</p> <p>(Michael A. Jantz & Gerard A. Silvestri).</p> <p>9 Photodynamic Therapy for Endobronchial Tumors: Palliation and Definitive Therapy.</p> <p>(David Ost).</p> <p>10 Stenting of the Tracheobronchial Tree.</p> <p>(Armin Ernst).</p> <p>11 Transtracheal Oxygen and Percutaneous Tracheotomy.</p> <p>(David Feller-Kopman).</p> <p>12 Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction.</p> <p>(Edward P. Ingenito & LarryW. Tsai).</p> <p>13 Endobronchial Gene Therapy.</p> <p>(Robert J. Kruklitis & Daniel H. Sterman).</p> <p>Part III Interventional Pleurology.</p> <p>14 Thoracentesis, Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of Pleura, Small-bore Catheter Drainage: Does Size Really Matter?.</p> <p>(Luis Miguel Seijo).</p> <p>15 Medical Thoracoscopy.</p> <p>(Sjaak A. Burgers).</p> <p>16 Photodynamic Therapy in the Pleural Space.</p> <p>(Paul Baas).</p> <p>17 Intrapleural Therapy: from BCG to Therapeutic Genes.</p> <p>(Andrew R. Haas & Daniel H. Sterman).</p> <p>Part IV Case Discussions.</p> <p>18 Management of Patients at Increased Risk for Lung Cancer.</p> <p>(Boyd T. Hehn & Michael J. Simoff).</p> <p>19 Staging of Bronchogenic Carcinoma: an Interventional Pulmonary Perspective.</p> <p>(J. Francis Turner, Jr & Arthur D. del Rosario).</p> <p>20 Management of Malignant Pleural effusions.</p> <p>(Michael S. Machuzak, Ali I. Musani & Daniel H. Sterman).</p> <p>21 Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax.</p> <p>(Michael H. Baumann).</p> <p>22 Obstruction of the Central Airways: Evaluation and Management. (William Lunn).</p> <p>23 Management of Massive Hemoptysis. (John Conforti).</p> <p>24 Management of Tracheobronchomalacia.</p> <p>(Kelly A. Carden & Armin Ernst).</p> <p>Index.</p>

<b>Michael J. Simoff</b>, MD, Director, Bronchoscopy & Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA<br /> <p><b>Daniel H. Sterman</b>, MD, Director, Interventional Pulmonology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA<br /> </p> <p><b>Armin Ernst</b>, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine & Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA</p>

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