The yield of chest computed tomography in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
Mustafa SukerBas Groot KoerkampJoost J NuyttensRoy S DwarkasingMarjolein Y V HomsFerry A L M EskensCasper H J van EijckPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)
In patients with LAPC in whom at diagnosis a chest CT scan revealed either no pulmonary nodules or apparent benign pulmonary nodules, routine follow-up chest CT scans is not recommended. Patients with pulmonary nodules too small to characterize are at risk to develop apparent malignant pulmonary nodules during follow-up.