Roger Waring,a 46-Year-Old Male with Early-Stage Lung Cancer,was Listening to His

Roger Waring,a 46-year-old male with early-stage lung cancer,was listening to his surgeon describe the surgical plan in preparation for signing the informed consent.The surgeon described a procedure that would be done before the thoracoscopic lung surgery.The surgeon described an examination of Roger's middle chest lymph nodes and the area below where the bronchi branch into the right and left lungs,and possibly taking biopsies of suspicious tissue.The procedure uses a hollow lighted tube with fiberoptic light-carrying fibers.What diagnostic procedure will precede Roger's thoracoscopic lung surgery?

A) Thoracoscopy
B) Mediastinoscopy
C) Bronchoscopy
D) Panendoscopy

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