Published 2015
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Journal article
Imaging of lung cancer: Implications on staging and management
- 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)
Description
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths. Accurate assessment of disease extent is important in deciding the optimal treatment approach. To play an important role in the multidisciplinary management of lung cancer patients, it is necessary that the radiologist understands the principles of staging and the implications of radiological findings on the various staging descriptors and eventual treatment decisions
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.155831; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419420Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging - New Series (Print)
- Journal Volume
- 25
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 109-120
- ISSN
- 0971-3026
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 47081799
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; LUNGS; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY
Optional Information
- Notes
- PMCID: PMC4419420; PMID: 25969634; PUBLISHER-ID: IJRI-25-109; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4419420; Copyright: (c) Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.