Journal article
Comprehensive Clinical Staging for Resectable Lung Cancer: Clinicopathological Correlations and the Role of Brain MRI
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In our model of comprehensive clinical staging (CCS) for lung cancer, patients with a computerized tomography scan of the chest and upper abdomen not showing distant metastases will then routinely undergo whole body positron emission tomography/computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain before any therapeutic decision. Our aim was to determine the accuracy of CCS and the value of brain MRI in this …
Authors
Vernon J; Andruszkiewicz N; Schneider L; Schieman C; Finley CJ; Shargall Y; Fahim C; Farrokhyar F; Hanna WC
Journal
Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Vol. 11, No. 11, pp. 1970–1975
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
11 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.jtho.2016.06.003
ISSN
1556-0864