Hospital Is First in Wales to Use 'Pioneering' Cancer Diagnostic Procedure

Hospital is first in Wales to use 'pioneering' cancer diagnostic procedure

Hospital in the Hywel Dda University Health Board has become the first in Wales to introduce an advanced cancer diagnostic procedure

Prince Philip Hospital first in Wales to offer innovative cancer diagnostic procedure

Hywel Dda University Health Board's Prince Philip Hospital has become the first centre in Wales to introduce an innovative cancer diagnosis technique. For patients, the introduction of CryoEBUS is expected to shorten diagnostic pathways, contributing to more timely and targeted care. Cryobiopsy Endobronchial Ultrasound (CryoEBUS) - uses endobronchial ultrasound guidance and special biopsy needles, along

LLANELLI: Prince Philip Hospital becomes first in Wales to offer pioneering cancer diagnosis technique

Prince Philip Hospital has become the first and currently only centre in Wales to offer CryoEBUS — a procedure that combines ultrasound guidance with a freezing technique to collect lymph node tissue samples that are larger and better preserved than those obtained through conventional methods. The technique, known in full as Cryobiopsy Endobronchial Ultrasound, uses special biopsy needles alongside a freezing process to collect tissue from lymph…