We first note that the civic culture model was essentially based on the surveys in the United States and Great Britain, two stable first-wave democracies of the West. In these two nations, stability and effective performance were considered the overriding concerns of their democratic rule.
The method used depends on where the sample will be taken from and your overall health. 1  Bronchoscopic biopsy. 2  This type of biopsy uses a lighted instrument (bronchoscope) inserted through the mouth or nose and into the airway to remove a lung tissue sample.
A lung PET scan is also used to stage lung cancer. Fast-growing tissues, such as lung cancer tumors, absorb more of the tracer substance than other tissues. These areas stand out on the PET scan. Your doctor can use the three-dimensional images to detect growing tumors. Cancer is assigned a stage between 1 and 4. Staging refers to how advanced a particular cancer is.