A 56-year-old man with long-standing smoking history presents with chronic cough and haemoptysis. Chest radiograph shows a right upper lobe mass. What...

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A 56-year-old man with long-standing smoking history presents with chronic cough and haemoptysis. Chest radiograph shows a right upper lobe mass. What is the most appropriate initial imaging modality for staging suspected lung cancer?

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Contrast-enhanced CT of chest and upper abdomen

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Chest radiograph only

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PET scan as sole imaging

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MRI brain only

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Ultrasound of chest wall

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Suspected lung cancer staging

A 56-year-old man with long-standing smoking history presents with chronic cough and haemoptysis. Chest radiograph shows a right upper lobe mass. What is the most appropriate initial imaging modality for staging suspected lung cancer?