CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 37, 194-210, Copyright
© 1987 by American Cancer Society
Imaging Primary Lung Cancers, Pleural Cancers, And Metastatic Disease
Marvin H. Chasen M.D.1
1 Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Texas System Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, in Houston, Texas.
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. 2l-23). No algorithm, however, can fit all situations, and each cancer may require a distinct approach.
