2013
Clinical and Organizational Factors in the Initial Evaluation of Patients With Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Ost DE, Yeung SC, Tanoue LT, Gould MK. Clinical and Organizational Factors in the Initial Evaluation of Patients With Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. CHEST Journal 2013, 143: e121s-e141s. PMID: 23649435, PMCID: PMC4694609, DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary function testsParaneoplastic syndromeLung cancerInitial evaluationDistant metastasisFunction testsPhysical examinationThorough historyAmerican CollegeChest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice GuidelinesEvidence-based clinical practice guidelinesMultidisciplinary teamCancer treatmentCT imagingDefinitive cancer treatmentClinical practice guidelinesTimeliness of careCurrent medical literatureBasic laboratory testsLung cancer diagnosisGuidelines Oversight CommitteeHealth care qualityEvidence-based approachMultimodality therapyChest Physicians
2003
The Noninvasive Staging of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer* The Guidelines
Silvestri GA, Tanoue LT, Margolis ML, Barker J, Detterbeck F. The Noninvasive Staging of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer* The Guidelines. CHEST Journal 2003, 123: 147s-156s. PMID: 12527574, DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.1_suppl.147s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest CT scanningMetastatic diseaseLung cancerCT scanningPhysical examinationClinical evaluationCT scanPET scansWhole body positron emission tomography scanningNon-small cell lung cancerImaging studiesPositron emission tomography scanningAbnormal scan findingsAbdominal CT scanCell lung cancerMalignant lymph nodesPresence of malignancyNoninvasive imaging studiesClinical evaluation toolCurative surgeryScan findingsBone scanLymph nodesTreatment optionsThorough history