Your first office visit includes a physical exam and a thorough review of your medical history, symptoms and other concerns to determine which diagnostic tests you need. Our scheduling specialist helps you arrange these tests as well as follow-up visits as quickly as possible.

Using the most advanced technology available, PinnacleHealth imaging professionals can detect and evaluate tumors as small as a grain of rice. Tests that may be part of your diagnosis include:

• Chest X-ray
• CT or CAT scan
• *Endo bronchial ultrasound*—equipment to perform this highly advanced study is coming soon
• Fiber optic bronchoscopy
• High definition mediaspinoscopy
• MRI
• Needle biopsy
• PET/CT—a state-of-the-art diagnostic test that provides your physician with important information about your cell function and exact disease location.
• Super Dimension Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy— a new i•Logic System that gives doctors minimally invasive access to lesions deep in your lungs as well as mediastinal lymph nodes

Should we find an abnormality, it will be biopsied and evaluated by a pathologist. Your case will be reviewed by our Thoracic Tumor Board to stage your cancer and develop recommendations for the most effective treatment plan.