in: Airway diseases, Cemal Cingi, Arzu Yorgancıoğlu, Nuray Bayar Muluk, Alvaro A. Cruz, Editor, Springer Cham, Zürich, pp.1-16, 2023
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Patients whose
symptoms and findings suggest lung cancer or have a suspicious finding on chest
x-ray should be examined as soon as possible. Noninvasive (chest radiography,
thorax CT, PET, sputum cytology) and invasive methods (bronchoscopy, transthoracic needle biopsy, lymph node biopsies, surgical procedures such as VATS)
are available for the diagnosis of lung cancer. Initial evaluation should be
undertaken using a multidisciplinary approach in reducing time to therapy. By
this way, the extent and clinical stage of the disease can be determined, the most
suitable place and sampling method can be decided to reach the tissue diagnosis,
and the correct treatment choice can be planned