In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), low-dose CT achieved higher sensitivity than chest x-ray for detecting lung metastases and second primary lung cancer, but patients ...

22 -- TUESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- CT scans of the chest may help detect disease progression in high-risk patients with head and neck cancer ... neoplasm of the lung and 25 (9.3 percent ...

in comparison to chest computed tomography (CT) for detecting distant metastatic disease in 145 consecutive high-risk patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cost-effectiveness ...

Dudzinski: A 60-year-old man was transferred to this hospital for evaluation of new dyspnea, cough, neck swelling, and a lung mass ... Computed tomography (CT) of the chest, performed after ...

CT scan. In some cases, your doctor might find brain mets before they diagnose you with lung cancer. If your doctor thinks the tumor traveled from the lung, they can order a chest CT scan to look ...

Physical examination finds no evidence of swelling in the cervical, axillary, and inguinal regions that would suggest lymphadenopathy. Auscultation of the chest ... lung cancer on a CT scan ...

A computed tomography (CT) scan is often ordered if there is something abnormal on the chest X-ray. A CT scan takes a cross-sectional and a more detailed image of the lung. It can give more ...

Offer people with known or suspected lung cancer a contrast-enhanced chest CT scan to further the diagnosis and stage the disease. Include the liver, adrenals and lower neck in the scan. The guideline ...

In contrast, he says a chest CT scan provides detailed images by taking multiple pictures of the lungs and chest and compiling them into a comprehensive view. “This detailed imaging allows for ...

At six months, 54% of patients showed lung abnormalities. On two-year follow-up CT scans, 39% (56/144) of the patients had lung abnormalities, including 23% (33/144) with fibrotic lung ...