RT Book, Section A1 Smith, Mindy A. A2 Usatine, Richard P. A2 Smith, Mindy A. A2 Mayeaux, Jr., E.J. A2 Chumley, Heidi S. SR Print(0) ID 1164347576 T1 Lung Cancer T2 The Color Atlas and Synopsis of Family Medicine, 3e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259862045 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164347576 RD 2024/03/28 AB A 60-year-old woman presents with a solid, nontender, movable mass on her upper chest that's been present for 6 months. It began as a dime-size mass and has been growing more rapidly over the past month (Figure 60-1A). She has lost 10 pounds over the last year without dieting. She has smoked 1 pack of cigarettes daily since age 18 years and gets short of breath easily. Her "smoker's cough" has gotten worse in the last few months and occasionally she coughs up some blood-tinged sputum. Her family physician excised the mass in the office and sent it to pathology (Figure 60-1B). When the result demonstrated squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, a chest X-ray (CXR) was ordered (Figure 60-2A). The radiologist suggested a CT to confirm the diagnosis (Figure 60-2B). The patient chose to have no treatment and passed away in 10 months of her lung cancer.