“New Lung Cancer Detection”

Cleveland Clinic News Service

March 26, 2008

Reporter: Mike Jacobson	Photog: Chris Bilowich
Produced by: Mike Jacobson	Split audio track
Package Length: 1:13	PF: 196

ANCHOR LEAD There’s a new way to help accurately diagnose lung cancer. It’s a type of biopsy that uses ultrasound—technology mostly associated with viewing a fetus’ image in the womb.

Mike Jacobson has the story.

VO/Instructions Sound on Tape (SOT)

Beverly Weingartner looking at pics. “My oldest grandson is getting married.” (:02)

THERE’S LOTS OF ADVICE BEVERLY WEINGARTNER WANTS TO GIVE TO HER GRANDSON AT HIS WEDDING...BEING MARRIED FOR ALMOST 60 YEARS WILL DO THAT.

Beverly looking at dress for wedding “This is the dress that I’m going to be wearing to Jamie and Kate’s wedding.” (:04)

BUT ONE PIECE OF ADVICE COMES BEFORE THE WEDDING…TAKE CARE OF YORU HEALTH. BEVERLY HAD A NAGGING COUGH AND DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

CG: Beverly Weingartner

Patient “I didn’t want it to develop into anything. So I said I better have a chest X-ray.” (:05)

Lung image IT REVEALED A MASS IN HER RIGHT LUNG AND SHE WOULD NEED A BIOPSY TO SEE IF IT WAS CANCER.

Procedure room “I’m going to put the scope through the tube.” (:02)

TRADITIONALLY, THESE BIOPSIES ARE BLIND, AS SURGEONS USE IMAGES FROM PREVIOUS CAT SCANS TO HELP GUIDE THEM TO THE MASS IN THE LUNG.

“Alright, I’m back in.” (:02)

BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY—AN ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND—ALLOWS SURGEONS TO GET A CLEAR AND LIVE LOOK AT THE TISSUE BEING SAMPLED…

“That’s the needle inside.” (:02)

…GIVING THEM A QUICKER, MORE ACCURATE BIOPSY RESULT.

CG: Dr. Eduardo Oliveira

Cleveland Clinic “You can actually see that your biopsy device—in this case a needle—is into the area that you want to biopsy.” (:09)

Biopsy culture BEVERLY’S BIOPSY REVEALED SHE INDEED HAS LUNG CANCER. SHE’S GOING THROUGH RADIATION TREATMENT TO SHRINK THE TUMOR. AND AS FOR HER GRANDSON’S WEDDING, SHE’LL BE THERE.

“They want me to be there. And I want to be there.” (:02)

Beverly on porch MIKE JACOBSON REPORTING.

Anchor Tag Doctors say one of the advantages of this new type of biopsy is that it reduces the risk of complications, including a collapsed lung.

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