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 A preoperative chest radiograph is recommended in patients with gastric cancer. However, the sensitivity for metastases is limited, and a chest CT scan is preferred (particularly for patients with a proximal gastric cancer) if the detection of intrathoracic disease would alter the treatment plan.
== Overview ==
Preoperative chest CT is preferred particularly for patients with a proximal gastric cancer.
 
== Stomach cancer chest x-ray ==
* A preoperative [[Chest X-ray|chest radiograph]] is recommended in patients with gastric cancer as the detection of [[lung]] [[metastasis]] would alter the treatment plan.<ref name="pmid29089800">{{cite journal| author=Coburn N, Cosby R, Klein L, Knight G, Malthaner R, Mamazza J et al.| title=Staging and surgical approaches in gastric cancer: a clinical practice guideline. | journal=Curr Oncol | year= 2017 | volume= 24 | issue= 5 | pages= 324-331 | pmid=29089800 | doi=10.3747/co.24.3736 | pmc=5659154 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29089800  }}</ref>
* A chest [[Computed tomography|CT scan]] is preferred particularly for patients with a proximal gastric cancer.<ref name="pmid28104952">{{cite journal| author=Singh H, Alam A, Tilak TV, Kinra P, Soni BK| title=Pitfalls in interpretation of FDG PET/CT: Septic pulmonary emboli mimicking metastases in a case of gastric carcinoma. | journal=Indian J Radiol Imaging | year= 2016 | volume= 26 | issue= 4 | pages= 524-527 | pmid=28104952 | doi=10.4103/0971-3026.195792 | pmc=5201088 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28104952  }}</ref>
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Preoperative chest CT is preferred particularly for patients with a proximal gastric cancer.

Stomach cancer chest x-ray

  • A preoperative chest radiograph is recommended in patients with gastric cancer as the detection of lung metastasis would alter the treatment plan.[1]
  • A chest CT scan is preferred particularly for patients with a proximal gastric cancer.[2]

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  1. Coburn N, Cosby R, Klein L, Knight G, Malthaner R, Mamazza J; et al. (2017). "Staging and surgical approaches in gastric cancer: a clinical practice guideline". Curr Oncol. 24 (5): 324–331. doi:10.3747/co.24.3736. PMC 5659154. PMID 29089800.
  2. Singh H, Alam A, Tilak TV, Kinra P, Soni BK (2016). "Pitfalls in interpretation of FDG PET/CT: Septic pulmonary emboli mimicking metastases in a case of gastric carcinoma". Indian J Radiol Imaging. 26 (4): 524–527. doi:10.4103/0971-3026.195792. PMC 5201088. PMID 28104952.

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