Pulmonology

Small cell lung cancer

Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach management of limited stage SCLC in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

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Do you do recommend further mediastinal staging for patients with SCLC or inoperable NSCLC with N1 disease on PET?

If a patient clearly has N1 disease with high SUV on PET, do you routinely recommend EBUS or mediastinoscopy to evaluate for N2 disease?

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How do you treat extensive stage small cell lung cancer in the very elderly (more than 80 yrs)?

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How important is a severely diminished diffusion capacity in determining whether to offer a lung cancer patient radiotherapy?

Does it factor into your decision making in the setting of restricted spirometry and normal lung volumes? Does this differ for SBRT v. chemoRT?

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Papers discussed in this category

Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 2010-06-01

Selective nodal irradiation on basis of (18)FDG-PET scans in limited-disease small-cell lung cancer: a prospective study.

Thorac Cancer, 2017 Apr 24

Relationship between endobronchial ultrasound-guided (EBUS)-transbronchial needle aspiration utility and computed tomography staging, node size at EBUS, and positron emission tomography scan node standard uptake values: A retrospective analysis.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2013-03-01

Poor baseline pulmonary function may not increase the risk of radiation-induced lung toxicity.

Respir. Res., 2018 Apr 24

Abnormal pulmonary function tests predict the development of radiation-induced pneumonitis in advanced non-small cell lung Cancer.

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