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Staging techniques for lung cancer.

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Lau, CL; Harpole, DH; Patz, E
Published in: Chest Surg Clin N Am
November 2000

In summary, noninvasive clinical staging techniques aid in stratifying patients into similar prognostic and therapeutic categories. Every patient with presumed non-small cell lung cancer should undergo a thorough history and physical examination, basic routine laboratory testing, PA and lateral chest radiographs, and chest CT scan with upper abdominal cuts to allow evaluation of the liver and adrenals. Recently, FDG-PET scanning has shown tremendous promise in the noninvasive evaluation of the primary tumor, nodal involvement, and metastatic [table: see text] disease. Although valuable, clinical staging has limitations, and when pathologic confirmation of lung cancer is required, minimally invasive techniques, such as bronchoscopy, TTNA, thoracoscopy, anterior mediastinotomy, and cervical and extended mediastinoscopy, may be valuable and simple ways of obtaining tissue.

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Published In

Chest Surg Clin N Am

ISSN

1052-3359

Publication Date

November 2000

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

781 / 801

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Respiratory System
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Prognosis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
 

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Lau, C. L., Harpole, D. H., & Patz, E. (2000). Staging techniques for lung cancer. Chest Surg Clin N Am, 10(4), 781–801.
Lau, C. L., D. H. Harpole, and E. Patz. “Staging techniques for lung cancer.Chest Surg Clin N Am 10, no. 4 (November 2000): 781–801.
Lau CL, Harpole DH, Patz E. Staging techniques for lung cancer. Chest Surg Clin N Am. 2000 Nov;10(4):781–801.
Lau, C. L., et al. “Staging techniques for lung cancer.Chest Surg Clin N Am, vol. 10, no. 4, Nov. 2000, pp. 781–801.
Lau CL, Harpole DH, Patz E. Staging techniques for lung cancer. Chest Surg Clin N Am. 2000 Nov;10(4):781–801.
Journal cover image

Published In

Chest Surg Clin N Am

ISSN

1052-3359

Publication Date

November 2000

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

781 / 801

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Respiratory System
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Prognosis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasm Metastasis