title: Imaging of thoracic cavity tumors.
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) is the primary imaging modality for the diagnosis, staging, and follow-up of most thoracic cavity tumors. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT has established itself as a supplementary tool to CT in lung cancer staging and in the assessment for distant metastases of many thoracic tumors. Magnetic resonance imaging is an important adjunctive imaging modality in thoracic oncologic imaging and is used as a problem-solving tool to assess for chest wall invasion, intraspinal extension, and cardiac/vascular invasion. Imaging can facilitate minimally invasive biopsy of most thoracic tumors and is vital in the pretreatment planning of radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Plodkowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: ginsberm@mskcc.org.
authors.forename: Michelle S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ginsberg
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Computed tomography (CT); Fluorine-18–fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT); Lung cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Mediastinal mass; Pleural tumor