Open AccessImaging primary lung cancers, pleural cancers, and metastatic disease
Author(s) -
Chasen Marvin H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.37.4.194
Subject(s) - citation , medicine , lung cancer , cancer , oncology , radiology , library science , computer science
Evaluation of primary lung cancers, pleural cancers, and metastases should be based on the TNM system. The optimal selection of imaging modalities can be difficult, and there is no universal agreement on the approach to the workup. Diagnostic pathways can provide guidelines for radiologic imaging sequencing based on the TNM system (Figs. 21-23). No algorithm, however, can fit all situations, and each cancer may require a distinct approach.