Chest CT of unresectable lung cancer.
A major role of CT in lung cancer patients is to spare those with unresectable lesions unnecessary surgery. Here the CT findings of inoperable lesions (Stages IIIB and IV in the new International Staging System) are illustrated.
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Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 22908.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed