ACR Appropriateness Criteria® noninvasive clinical staging of bronchogenic carcinoma

J Thorac Imaging. 2010 Nov;25(4):W107-11. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181f51e7f.

Abstract

In order to appropriately manage patients with lung cancer, it is necessary to properly stage the tumor. The ACR Appropriateness Criteria is designed to provide an overview of the value of different imaging techniques in the non-invasive staging of lung cancer and allow for the rational selection of imaging studies to arrive at the appropriate clinical stage.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Glands / diagnostic imaging
  • Adrenal Glands / pathology
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Staging / standards*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Radiology / methods*
  • Radiology / standards
  • Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / pathology*
  • Societies, Medical
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • United States