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lung-cancer-summary
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"A locally advanced tumour may cause wheeze and stridor on respiratory examination. A pancoast tumour results in Horner's syndrome, atrophy of hand muscles and shoulder pain."

Line 5:116 · Radiopaedia prefers the non-possessive eponym: 'Horner's syndrome'.
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  • H1 Terminology
  • H1 Usage
  • H1 Epidemiology
  • H2 Risk factors
  • H2 Associations
  • H1 Clinical presentation
  • H2 Complications
  • H1 Diagnosis
  • H2 Diagnostic criteria
  • H2 Diagnostic clues
  • H1 Pathology
  • H2 Aetiology
  • H2 Location
  • H2 Classification
  • H2 Macroscopic appearance
  • H2 Microscopic appearance
  • H2 Immunophenotype
  • H2 Markers
  • H2 Genetics
  • H1 Radiographic features
  • H2 Plain radiograph
  • H2 Mammography
  • H2 Antenatal ultrasound
  • H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
  • H2 Ultrasound
  • H2 CT
  • H3 Dual-energy CT
  • H2 Angiography (DSA)
  • H2 MRI
  • H2 CT/MRI
  • H2 Nuclear medicine
  • H3 PET-CT
  • H3 PET-MRI
  • H1 Radiology report
  • H1 Treatment and prognosis
  • H2 Complications
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 Differential diagnosis
  • H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
  • H1 Practical points
  • H1 See also

"This is a basic article for medical students and non-radiologists"

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"Whole body PET"

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"Patients may be asymptomatic until locally advanced or metastatic disease. The most common presenting symptoms include cough, haemoptysis, dyspnoea and chest pain. Systemic symptoms may also be present such as weight loss, fatigue and clubbing."

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"Patients may be asymptomatic until locally advanced or metastatic disease. The most common presenting symptoms include cough, haemoptysis, dyspnoea and chest pain. Systemic symptoms may also be present such as weight loss, fatigue and clubbing."

Line 4:221 · Use the Oxford comma in 'loss, fatigue and clubbing'.

"Features on chest x ray include new or enalrged focal lesion, widened mediastinum suggestive of lymph node involvement, pleural effusion, atelectasis and consolidation."

Line 11:132 · Use the Oxford comma in 'effusion, atelectasis and consolidation'.
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"There are four major histological subtypes of lung cancer. These are adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma and small cell carcinoma. However broadly they are divided as non small cell carcinoma and small cell carcinoma."

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