Current imaging practice in lung cancer
| Autor: | A Chapman, A R Denison, S W A Wilkie, L N Gomersall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Imaging. 20:278-288 |
| ISSN: | 1748-8818 0965-6812 |
| DOI: | 10.1259/imaging/19332592 |
| Popis: | •. Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. •. At presentation the disease is usually at an advanced stage, often with co-morbidity, leading to a poor 5-year survival of 7%. •. Early detection with radical treatment, most often surgical resection, remains the only potentially curative treatment. •. Discussion in a multidisciplinary team should be standard for cancer care. •. The revised TNM staging system, which describes the anatomical extent of lung cancer at a certain point in the disease process and classifies patients into pathological stages, is expected to combine both non-small cell lung carcinoma and small cell lung carcinoma in a common unified system. Lung cancer is one of the commonest cancers in the world and is a significant cause of mortality. If diagnosed at an early stage, surgical resection is the mainstay of potential cure; however, few patients fulfill the relevant criteria. The role of the radiologist is integral in the multidisciplinary team for diagnosis, trea... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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