Abstract:
Background: Lung cancer is one of leading death worldwide, it begins when cells in the lung
grow out of control and formed mass or nodules which classified in two known major forms, nonsmall cell and small cell cancer. The accurate assessment of the disease extent is important in
management approach and Computed tomography imaging in nodal staging remains the important
tool for lung cancer diagnosis, particularly when assessing intra and extra thoracic spread of lung
cancer.
Objective: This is a quantitative cross-sectional study conducted in Sudanese lung cancer patients
in period from November 2019 to February 2020 in Khartoum state hospital. The main aim of the
study was to evaluate staging of lung cancer using computed tomography technology.
Method: A group of 100 participants patients were selected randomly in different gender and in
age group between (30-80) years old. The inclusion limited to patients diagnosed with lung cancer
by computed tomography techniques and the normal cases and other abnormalities was being
excluded. The data were collected using a special collection sheet and the data statistical analyzed
using SPSS program.
Result: The outcomes of this study showed that patients in age group between (60-70) years old
do not have lung cancer in the first stage, while lung cancer in the second stage occurred in 10
patients only with 10 % percentage. The third stage is the most common type with a high incidence
rate which occurred in 90 patients with 90 %. Percent.
Conclusion: Advance imaging with CT scan techniques play a critical role in the diagnosis and
management of lung cancer patients adding to accurately describing the radiological extent of the
disease. Moreover, the important to understand the principles of staging description and their
impact on treatment decisions.
