Lung Cancer: Investigation

Key points

• Lung cancer: investigation Chest x-ray
• this is often the first investigation done in patients with suspected lung cancer
• in around 10% of patients subsequently diagnosed with lung cancer the chest x-ray was reported as normal
• is the investigation of choice to investigate suspected lung cancer Bronchoscopy
• this allows a biopsy to be taken to obtain a histological diagnosis sometimes aided by endobronchial ultrasound PET scanning