Staging of Lung Cancer

Staging of lung cancer.

arl in the history of thoracic surgery, attempts were made to classify patients as to the extent of disease, in order to avoid unnecessary surgery. Evarts A. Graham,1 the surgeon who first successfully removed a carcinomatous lung in 1933, listed in 1944 the following signs of inoperabiity: (1) the presence of a bloody pleural effusion; (2) paralysis of the ipsilateral hemidiaphragm; (3) paraly...

Staging of Lung Cancer

The morphology of the tumor and the anatomic extent of the disease are important factors influencing treatment selection and ultimately survival for patients with lung cancer. The American Joint Committee TNM system provides a method for consistent reproducible description of the primary tumor (T), the status of the regional lymph nodes (N), and the presence or absence of distant metastasis (M)...

Lung cancer staging

During this interactive hands-on workshop the participants will view complete imaging examinations (CT of chest, abdomen, brain, MRI of brain, chest, adrenals, musculoskeletal system, PET-CT, bone scintigraphy etc.) on workstations in a clinical routine setting and discuss findings with two tutors. Cases will include those with typical findings as well as pitfalls and problems. Particular atten...

Surgical staging of lung cancer.

The staging of lung cancer defines the extent of disease. Accurate staging is important to define operability, select treatment regimens, and predict survival. Nonsurgical and surgical techniques are used to stage patients. The most important nonsurgical techniques used currently are the chest x-ray and computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest and upper abdomen. In the future, positron emiss...

PETCT in lung cancer staging