[Computed tomography imaging of non-small cell lung cancer]. / Imagerie par tomodensitométrie du cancer bronchique non à petites cellules.
Cancer Radiother
; 20(6-7): 694-8, 2016 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Computed tomography (CT) plays a key role in the initial evaluation of non-small cell lung cancer. It allows initial staging and helps targeting lesions for pathological analysis. The aim of initial imaging work-up is to differentiate between localized disease, eligible to a local treatment, and advanced disease requiring medical treatment. CT is very useful for the assessment of local extension but is less accurate than positron emission tomography (PET)-CT for the assessment of lymphatic and metastatic spread. However, initial staging should include CT examination of the brain and upper abdomen, and PET-CT should be only be performed in patients eligible to a local treatment after initial CT assessment. Propositions for the 8th edition of lung cancer TNM bring several changes for T staging. In particular, the weight of lesion size is increased. Similarly, N1 and N2 stages are now divided in subgroups according the number of involved stations.
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Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
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Estadiamento de Neoplasias
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Diagnostic_studies
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Humans
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Fr
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2016
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Article