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20. Radiology of Lung Cancer +Staging Flashcards

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Majority of patients diagnosed with lung cancer will die within what time period?

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Within one year

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How many patients present with advanced form of lung cancer? (in fractions)

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2/3

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What structures to look for in a chest x ray?

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  • name/marker/rotation/penetration
  • lines/metal work
  • heart
  • mediastinum
  • lungs (zones: upper, middle, lower)
  • bones
  • diaphragm
  • soft tissues
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Where are tumours/cancer most likely found in the chest?

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In the mediastinum

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What should hilar vascular structures look like?

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should be crisply defined

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What should the mediastnium look like on a chest x ray?

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no widening of mediastinum

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What should the trachea look like on a chest x ray?

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should be central

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What area in a chest x ray is easily missed and should be looked at in detail?

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behind the heart (where tumours like to hide)

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Where are lesions in the chest often found? (2)

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  • behind heart

- behind hila

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What are the 4 main review areas?

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  1. hila
  2. lung apices
  3. behind the heart
  4. behind the diaphragm
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What diagnostic technique is used after a chest x ray?

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CT scan

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What does CT scan evaluate?

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  • size and shape
  • ateletasis (collapse)
  • border
  • density
  • solid/non-solid
  • dynamic contrast enhancement >25 HU
  • growth
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What is a pulmonary mass defined as?

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An opacity in lung OVER 3cm with no mediastinal adenopathy (enlargement of lymph nodes) or atelectasis (collapse)

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What is a pulmonary nodule defined as?

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An opacity in lung UP TO 3cm with no mediastinal adenopathy (enlargement of lymph nodes) or atelectasis (collapse)

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What are possible causes of solitary (single) pulmonary nodules or pulmonary mass?

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  1. lung cancer
  2. metastasis (previous history; breast, renal, seminoma, sarcoma)
  3. benign lung neoplasm (e.g. carcinoid, hemartoma)
  4. infection; bacterial, TB or fungal
  5. Vascular haematoma, AVM (arteriovenous malformation)
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What patients are only put through treatment/ surgery?

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Patients who have high chances of cure/ recovery

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What system is used for staging of lung cancer?

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TNM system (tumour size and position of primary tumour, lymph node spread, metastasis)

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What is taken into account for staging of lung cancer? (3)

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  1. clinical history/examination
  2. performance status
  3. pulmonary function
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What 3 diagnostic methods are used to identify T staging of lung cancer?

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  1. CT
    2 PET-CT
  2. bronchoscopy
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What 4 diagnostic methods are used to identify N staging of lung cancer?

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  1. PET-CT
  2. mediastinoscopy
  3. CT
  4. EBUS/ EUS (endobronchial ultrasound, endoscopic ultrasound)
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What 3 diagnostic methods are used to identify M staging of lung cancer?

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  1. PET-CT
  2. CT
  3. bone scan
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What does EBUS/EUS involve?

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  • sampling nodes from the mediastinum (biopsies taken for testing)
  • invasive procedure
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What does PET tell us about the tumour?

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its activity (of the tumour) and activity of the nodes

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What does CT tell us specifically about the tumour?

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what vascular structures it’s invading

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What analogue is used for a FDG PET (functional imaging) scan which is taken up by the tumour?
labelled glucose analogue 18F- FDG ( fludeoxyglucose) which is a nuclear medicine analogue
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Why is FDG PET scan less frequently used than other diagnostic machines?
- expensive - limited availability in the UK - only started being used for lung cancer staging in 94
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What patients are mainly offered FDG PET scans?
- patients who will directly benefit from it and will be considered for curative treatment (chemotherapy and radiotherapy)
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What is the half body time in PET scan?
60 mins post injection (370MBq)
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What system is used when we can't assume what size the tumour is?
TX staging (Tx, T0, Tis)
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What does Tx stage mean?
primary tumour cannot be assessed/measured
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What does T0 stage mean?
no evidence of primary tumour (cannot be found)
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What does Tis stage mean?
carcinoma in situ; CIS (group of abnormal cells forming a neoplasm but not always certain cancer, it varies)
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General stages of cancer are used using the combination of the TNM system, what are the 5 less detailed-stages? (which combine aspects of TNM)
- stage 0 (abnormal cells, no spread, CIS, not cancer but may become cancer) - stage 1 - stage 2 - stage 3 - stage 4 (biggest spread)
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What information is ESSENTIAL in determining cancer stage? (6)
- size of tumour - cancer spread to nearby lymph nodes - cancer spread to distant body sites - where tumour is located in the body - cell type - tumour grade (how likely to the tumour is to spread further+how they look)
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What is T1 tumour?
- tumour <3 cm in greatest dimension - surrounded by parietal/lung and visceral pleura - without bronchoscopic evidence of involvement of main bronchus
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What does T1a, T1b, T1c refer to?
T1a <= 1cm in greatest dimention T1b<=2cm T1c<= 3cm
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What is T1a highly likely to be? (what type of tumour)
minimally invasive adenocarcinoma
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What is T2 tumour?
- tumour between 3-5cm -involves main bronchus but not carina -invades visceral pleura - associated with atelectasis (collapse) or obstructive pneumonitis that extends to the hilar region involving part or all the lung (T2a is between 3-4cm and T2b is between 4-5cm)
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What is a T3 tumour?
- Tumour between 5-7cm - Tumour which directly invades: chest wall (including superior sulcus tumours), phrenic nerve and parietal pericardium - Or separate tumour nodule in the same lobe as the primary
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What is a T4 tumour?
- tumour >7cm - tumour invades: diaphragm, mediastinum, heart, great vessels, trachea, recurrent laryngeal nerve, oesophagus, vertebral body and carine - separate tumour nodule (s) in a different ipsilateral lobe - extensive involvement in brachial plexus and mediastinal structures
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What scan is used to recognise nodes which are involved in tumour growth?
PET scan
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What do N0 mean?
No regional lymph node metastasis
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What does N1 means?
Ipsilateral peribronchial, hilar or intrapulmonary nodes including by direct extension
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What does N2 mean?
Ipsilateral mediastinal, subcarinal
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What does N3 mean?
Contralateral mediastinal, contralateral hilar, scalene or supraclavicular
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What fraction of patients present with metastasis of lung cancer?
1/3
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What are the 4 most common metastasis regions in the body of lung cancer?
1. cerebral (brain) 2. skeletal 3. adrenal 4. liver
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What does M0 mean?
No distant metastasis
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What does M1 mean?
distant metastasis
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What does M1a mean?
- separate tumour nodular in a contralateral lobe | - tumour with pleural or pericardial nodules or malignant pleural or pericardial effusion
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What does M1b mean?
Single distant metastases
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What does M1c mean?
Multiple distant metastases
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What are main advantages of PET/CT?
- performs WHOLE body staging in a single study excluding cerebral disease - discloses metastases and pathology not detected by other means (unexpected mets in 10-20%) - non-invasive - excluded mets where structural imaging is abnormal
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What are main limitations of PET/CT?
- false negative results - false positive results - very expensive cost
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What is the T1m N0, M0 approximate survival percentage and what happens to it as more T, N and M are increasing?
~67% and decreasing with rising TNM values
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What are the main methods for tissue diagnosis? (2)
1. bronchoscopy and EBUS | 2. percutaneous image guided biopsy( fluoroscopy/CT/US guide)
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What are the less common methods of tissue diagnosis`?
- mediastinoscopy to sample mediastinal nodes - mediastinotomy for anterior mediastinal nodes - VATS; video assisted thoracoscopic surgery - explorative thoracotomy

Systems: Resp. WK (40 decks)

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