Hensing Thomas A
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA.
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2005 Apr;19(2):219-35, v. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2005.02.010.
This article updates the performance characteristics of the most commonly used diagnostic and staging modalities in the evaluation of a patient who has lung cancer. Recent data with newer modalities, like positron emission tomography, are reviewed, and their role in this evaluation is discussed.
本文更新了在评估肺癌患者时最常用的诊断和分期方法的性能特征。对正电子发射断层扫描等较新方法的最新数据进行了综述,并讨论了它们在该评估中的作用。