title: [Radiologic control of therapy and after care in bronchial cancer].
abstract: All therapeutic modalities of lung cancer - surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy - may be controlled by radiological methods. During the week after surgery one x-ray examination of the thorax should be done every day, in order to rule out pneumonia, atelectasis, mediastinal shift etc. For radiotherapy, x-ray images can show the change in tumour volume and the occurrence of pneumonitis. For chemotherapy of oat-cell carcinoma, x-ray controls are important, because chemotherapy can be modified if the therapeutic effect is not satisfactory. For follow-up studies of treated lung cancer, x-ray examinations of the thorax are indicated every three to six months. Computed tomography bone scans and liver sonography should be employed whenever there are relevant clinical signs or symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Röntgen- und Radiumabteilung des Knappschaftskrankenhauses Recklinghausen.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Radiologische Therapieüberwachung und Nachsorge beim Bronchialkarzinom.