2009/01/01 by Skandadas Ganeshalingam, Dow‐Mu Koh · 2 citations
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment #Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques #Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications #Medicine #NODAL #Lymph node #Radiology #Magnetic resonance imaging #Positron emission tomography #Lymph #Stage (stratigraphy) #Pathology #Internal medicine
paper · pdf · doi:10.1102/1470-7330.2009.0017
openalex publication_date 2009/01/01 · openalex created_date 2022/05/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Lymph node metastases are a poor prognostic indicator in many tumours and therefore accurate identification during staging is important prior to commencing treatment. The presence of lymph node metastases can significantly alter patient management and therefore accurate diagnosis of the presence and extent of nodal disease can help optimise patient management. In this review, the radiologic features that aid in the differentiation of malignant and benign lymph nodes are discussed. The keys to successful interpretation on cross-sectional computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging of nodal metastases are highlighted. The clinical role of positron emission tomography-CT imaging for nodal staging is discussed and emerging imaging techniques that may further improve nodal staging accuracy are surveyed.