title: Staging tools for nonsmall cell lung cancer.
abstract: Accurate staging remains the cornerstone of initial managment of nonsmall cell lung cancer. CT offers the potential advantage of identifying early stage tumors when broadly applied as a screening tool, although studies that are evaluating the sensitivity, specificity, and impact on survival are ongoing. PET is a functional imaging tool with ever-broadening applications. New techniques, such as CT-PET fusion imaging, endoscopic ultrasound, virtual bronchoscopy, and three-dimensional volumetric reconstruction may further refine noninvasive diagnostic and staging options.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. zawin@biomed.med.yale.edu
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zawin
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology