Outcome of endobronchial electrosurgery versus external beam radiotherapy or both together in the management of non- small cell lung cancer

The Aim of the work Is To evaluate the outcome of endobronchial electrosurgery [argon plasma coagulation (APC) and electrocautery] and or external beam radiotherapy (XRT) in the treatment of patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer. Patient and Methods: 40 patients with unresectable stage IIIA and IIIB NSCLC, 33 males and 7 females, their mean age of 60.82 ± 6.23 years were recruited in the study. Palliative radiotherapy with fractionation schedule (30 Gy) was delievered to patients. Interventional bronchoscopic Procedures were performed under general or local anesthesia using the flexible scope. Collected data included patients’ demographics, evaluation of dyspnea, cough and hemoptysis scales,chest CT,PFTs,ABG and quality of life outcomes were done before the interventional bronchoscopy and XRT therapies then one week and one month after the end of treatment. .