Imaging in thoracic oncology: case studies from Multidisciplinary Thoracic Tumor
Board: (part 2 of 2 part series)
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Quint LE
; Reddy RM
; Lin J
; Arenberg DA
; Speers C
; Hayman JA
; Kong FP
; Orringer MB
; Kalemkerian GP
Cancer Imaging
2013[Dec]; 13
(3
): 440-7
PMID24325879
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Multidisciplinary tumor board conferences foster collaboration among health care
providers from a variety of specialties and help to facilitate optimal patient
care. Generally, the clinical questions revolve around the best options for
establishing a diagnosis, staging the disease and directing treatment. This
article describes and illustrates the clinical scenarios of three patients who
were presented at our thoracic Tumor Board, focusing on management issues and the
role of imaging. These patients had invasive thymoma; concurrent small cell lung
cancer and non-small cell lung cancer; and esophageal cancer with celiac lymph
node metastases, respectively.