Tag Herman M. Kroon

Staging encompasses determination of local tumor extent, including skip lesions, and identification or exclusion of distant metastases. Information on local extent and distant spread is a requisite for treatment planning, as discussed in Chapter 98 . Magnetic resonance (MR) is…

Tumors are typically detected on radiographs. A tumor is a space-occupying lesion. It may be neoplastic or non-neoplastic. The non-neoplastic tumor is also referred to as a tumor-like lesion. The group of tumor-like lesions is very heterogeneous and contains normal…