OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of chest radiography versus chest computed tomography (CT) in screening for @entity358 in advanced @entity213 ( @entity213 ). DESIGN: Retrospective review of imaging. SETTING: @entity135 unit. METHOD: Over a period of 1 year, 26 @entity1 with advanced @entity213 (T3/T4) were screened for @entity358 with both chest radiography and chest CT prior to definitive therapy. OUTCOME MEASURES: Radiologic evidence of @entity5 . RESULTS: Twenty @entity1 had a normal chest radiograph and a normal CT scan. Four @entity1 had a normal chest radiograph but an abnormal CT scan. Three of these @entity1 had a @entity358 and one had a suspicious lesion that resolved following surgery to the index @entity5 . Two @entity1 had both an abnormal chest radiograph and CT scan. One of these had a @entity358 and one had a CT-guided biopsy of the chest lesion 4 weeks postoperatively, which was normal. Chest CT scanning therefore identified three @entity764 that would have been missed by chest radiography alone. CONCLUSIONS: Chest CT is an effective tool in screening for @entity358 in @entity1 with advanced @entity135 and should be used instead of chest radiography to avoid false-negative results.

Evaluation of chest radiography versus chest computed tomography in screening for @entity358 in advanced XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity135 :: ('MESH:D006258', 'Disease') :: ['head and neck cancer', 'Head and neck cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['malignancy', 'tumour'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['malignant pulmonary disease', 'pulmonary malignancy'] @entity764 :: ('MESH:D013898', 'Disease') :: ['chest malignancies'] @entity213 :: ('MESH:C535575', 'Disease') :: ['head and neck squamous cell carcinoma', 'HNSCC']
@entity135 :: (MESH:D006258,Disease) :: ['head and neck cancer']
