Review the differences between various primary lung cancers, in addition to metastatic cancers to the lung. Learn the practical impact of different lung cancer types and why they present the way they do. Understand the different imaging presentations of lung cancer.

• Some of the case images in this talk appear courtesy of Ahmed El-Sherief, MD.

After a lung cancer is diagnosed, describing the extent of lung cancer spread (staging) is crucial to establishing prognosis and guiding treatment planning. Learn how lung cancers are staged with medical imaging, and what you can provide in your interpretation to make staging more accurate and efficient.

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) lymph node map is a standardized system used to describe the location of lymph nodes in the chest. It's widely used in the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of lung cancer.

A comprehensive overview of the most common non-pharmacological therapies for lung cancer: pneumonectomy, lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge resection, and radiation therapy. Learn what to expect on post-treatment imaging, and what to look out for.

Medical imaging studies can be divided into structural vs. functional modalities, with PET imaging being a common functional modality used in daily practice. PET imaging involves introducing positron-emitting radiotracers into the body and acquiring three-dimensional image maps of their distribution, which can help diagnose various conditions by highlighting abnormal metabolic processes. FDG-PET/CT imaging is particularly useful in oncology for detecting abnormal glucose uptake associated with cancer, although its effectiveness can vary across different cancer types and it may produce false positives or negatives due to various physiological and pathological factors.