Volume 127, Issue 2, Pages 449-454 (February 2005) The Role of Whole-Body Bone Scanning and Clinical Factors in Detecting Bone Metastases in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer  Serdar Erturan, MD, Mustafa Yaman, MD, FCCP, Günay Aydın, MD, Işıl Uzel, MD, Benan Müsellim, MD, Kamil Kaynak, MD  CHEST  Volume 127, Issue 2, Pages 449-454 (February 2005) DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.2.449 Copyright © 2005 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1. Staging of patients based on CT scan of the chest. Two major groups are formed in regard of curative surgical option: (1) stage I, II and partially IIIA; (2) stage IIIB and stage IV. These groups are further subclassified according to the presence or absence of bone-specific clinical factors. After WBBS and skeletal MRI, the status of bone metastasis was confirmed. CHEST 2005 127, 449-454DOI: (10.1378/chest.127.2.449) Copyright © 2005 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions