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Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer

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Thoracic imaging has an important role in the evaluation of patients with lung cancer: it is used in the detection, diagnosis, and staging of the disease as well as in assessing the response to therapy and monitoring for tumor recurrence after treatment. This article reviews the diagnosis and staging of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), emphasizing the appropriate use of computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in patient management.

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  1. Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    J. J. Erasmus

  2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA

    A. N. Leung

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland

    J. Hodler

  2. Kantonsspital, Institut für Radiologie, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Ch. L. Zollikofer

  3. Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsspital, Zurich, Switzerland

    G. K. von Schulthess

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Erasmus, J.J., Leung, A.N. (2007). Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer. In: Hodler, J., Zollikofer, C.L., von Schulthess, G.K. (eds) Diseases of the Heart, Chest & Breast. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0633-1_1

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