title: Imaging in thoracic oncology: case studies from Multidisciplinary Thoracic Tumor Board: (part 2 of 2 part series).
abstract: Multidisciplinary tumor board conferences foster collaboration among health care providers from a variety of specialties and help to facilitate optimal patient care. Generally, the clinical questions revolve around the best options for establishing a diagnosis, staging the disease and directing treatment. This article describes and illustrates the clinical scenarios of three patients who were presented at our thoracic Tumor Board, focusing on management issues and the role of imaging. These patients had invasive thymoma; concurrent small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer; and esophageal cancer with celiac lymph node metastases, respectively.
authors: Department of Radiology, Department of Surgery (Section of Thoracic Surgery).
authors: Leslie E
authors: LE
authors: Quint
authors: Rishindra M
authors: RM
authors: Reddy
authors: Jules
authors: J
authors: Lin
authors: Douglas A
authors: DA
authors: Arenberg
authors: Corey
authors: C
authors: Speers
authors: James A
authors: JA
authors: Hayman
authors: Fengming P
authors: FP
authors: Kong
authors: Mark B
authors: MB
authors: Orringer
authors: Gregory P
authors: GP
authors: Kalemkerian
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed