Open AccessLung Cancer and Radiological Imaging
Author(s) -
Annalori Panunzio,
P. Sartori
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current radiopharmaceuticals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1874-4729
pISSN - 1874-4710
DOI - 10.2174/1874471013666200523161849
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , radiological weapon , radiology , asymptomatic , lung , magnetic resonance imaging , cancer , surgery
Lung cancer is the neoplasm with the highest prevalence and mortality rates in the world. Most patients with lung cancer that are symptomatic have hemoptysis, coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain and persistent infections. Less than 10% of patients are asymptomatic when the tumor is detected as an incidental finding.