Published 2015 | Version v1
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/PMC4419420

Additional details

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

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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.