Complex diagnostic imaging of lung cancer progression after radical surgery

The analysis of possibilities for complex diagnostic imaging of 117 patients after radical surgery has been given. Tumor progression was found in 36 patients (30,7%). The conventional radiology techniques have been shown to detect recurrences and metas-tases in lung tissue in 47,2% of cases. In 52,8% of cases in order to detect the tumor progression it is necessary to apply ultrasound and computed tomography. The authors propose the optimal algorithm for applying the diagnostic radiology techniques taking account the pattern and localization of the tumor as well as potentialities of imaging techniques.