Bronchoscopy findings in 1074 lung cancer patients in a tertiary care center in Nepal

Background: Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is the most important diagnostic tool for lung cancer. Early tissue diagnosis and proper staging remains key to management of cancer patient. Endobronchial forceps biopsy has high yield from visible lesions. The aim study was evaluate endobronchial biopsy. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional conducted at B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal. Bronchoscopy reports 1074 patients January 2000 December 2009 were included. main procedure performed. Results: total underwent suspected Majority (N=340) had lesion in lobar bronchus. Squamous cell carcinoma common histological diagnosis. 75%. central tumor 82.3% which statistically significant (p<0.001) compared peripheral extrinsic compression. Conclusion: provides good especially tumors. a safe procedure.