2013
Clinical and Organizational Factors in the Initial Evaluation of Patients With Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Ost DE, Yeung SC, Tanoue LT, Gould MK. Clinical and Organizational Factors in the Initial Evaluation of Patients With Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. CHEST Journal 2013, 143: e121s-e141s. PMID: 23649435, PMCID: PMC4694609, DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary function testsParaneoplastic syndromeLung cancerInitial evaluationDistant metastasisFunction testsPhysical examinationThorough historyAmerican CollegeChest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice GuidelinesEvidence-based clinical practice guidelinesMultidisciplinary teamCancer treatmentCT imagingDefinitive cancer treatmentClinical practice guidelinesTimeliness of careCurrent medical literatureBasic laboratory testsLung cancer diagnosisGuidelines Oversight CommitteeHealth care qualityEvidence-based approachMultimodality therapyChest Physicians
2007
Noninvasive Staging of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer ACCP Evidenced-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (2nd Edition)
Silvestri GA, Gould MK, Margolis ML, Tanoue LT, McCrory D, Toloza E, Detterbeck F. Noninvasive Staging of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer ACCP Evidenced-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (2nd Edition). CHEST Journal 2007, 132: 178s-201s. PMID: 17873168, DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest CT scanningPET scanningCT scanningMediastinal metastasesMetastatic diseaseStaging studiesLung cancerPractice guidelinesLung Cancer ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice GuidelinesACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice GuidelinesEvidence-based clinical practice guidelinesMediastinal lymph node metastasisPositron emission tomography scanningTest characteristicsLung cancer guidelinesDistant metastatic diseaseLymph node metastasisClinical practice guidelinesMalignant lymph nodesNoninvasive imaging studiesAbnormal findingsCancer guidelinesLymph nodesNode metastasisAccurate staging