Open AccessMagnetic resonance imaging for the study of mediastinal adenopathies in lung cancer: Comparison with standard tests
Author(s) -
Tara Pereiro-Brea,
Anxo Martínez de Alegría,
Luís Valdés,
Antonio Golpe-Gómez,
José Martín Carreira-Villamor,
Alberto Ruano-Raviña
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1626_20
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , mediastinum , mediastinal lymph node , positron emission tomography , gold standard (test) , nuclear medicine , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , lymph node , prospective cohort study , cancer , computed tomography , pathology , metastasis
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women. Mediastinal lymph node involvement in these patients, determined by imaging tests, indicates prognosis and modifies therapeutic attitude.