A 62-year-old man with a 30-year history of smoking presents with chronic productive cough and recent haemoptysis. Chest X-ray shows a right upper lob...

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A 62-year-old man with a 30-year history of smoking presents with chronic productive cough and recent haemoptysis. Chest X-ray shows a right upper lobe mass. According to standard lung cancer diagnostic pathways, what is the next best step?

Accepted Answer

Urgent CT chest and referral to a lung cancer diagnostic assessment programme

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Start empirical antibiotics and repeat imaging in 6 months

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No further investigation is needed if symptoms improve

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Start inhaled corticosteroids

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Bronchoscopy is unnecessary in lung masses

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Suspected lung cancer

A 62-year-old man with a 30-year history of smoking presents with chronic productive cough and recent haemoptysis. Chest X-ray shows a right upper lobe mass. According to standard lung cancer diagnostic pathways, what is the next best step?