Summary of Key Points 18 F-2-deoxy- d -glucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET–CT) is routinely used clinically for diagnosis, staging, and radiation treatment planning and may have a role in prognosis and monitoring of treatment response. FDG-PET–CT is not optimal…
Since the late 1990s advances in imaging technology, including digital subtraction chest radiographs, multidetector spiral computed tomography (MDCT), dual-energy computed tomography (CT) techniques, electrocardiograph (ECG)-gated CT, positron emission tomography (PET) with CT, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have improved diagnostic…
Radiation therapy is an important modality in the management of patients with intrathoracic malignant neoplasms and primary and secondary chest wall neoplasms. Radiation therapy for these tumors usually results in radiation of the adjacent lung, and radiation-induced lung injury has…
Although most primary pulmonary tumors are carcinomas, a large histologic spectrum of benign and malignant tumors of the lung exist. This chapter reviews the more common neoplasms according to the classification proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) ( Box…