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Imaging Evaluation Algorithm for Suspected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

 
 
 
 
 
Imaging approach
❑ Suspected lung cancer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chest X Ray normal?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enhanced Computed Tomography (ECT)
❑ Thorax
❑ Upper Abdomen
❑ Low Neck
 
 
 
Manage and observe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peripheral
Adenocarcinoma
 
Peripheral with enlarged nodes
 
Central
❑ Squamous cell lung cancer
 
Pleural lesion
❑ Adenocarcinoma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other Imaging or Diagnostic Modalities
❑ Endobronchial/endoscopic ultrasound
❑ Bronchoscopy
❑ Mediastinoscopy
❑ PET/CT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biopsy
❑ Molecular tests
❑ Inmunohistochemical