Chest wall tumors

Abstract

Primary chest wall tumors are uncommon and relatively few series have been described in the past. The higher malignancy rate of 80% may have occurred because of the referral nature of our practice, because bone and soft tissue tumors are included, and because only subjects who underwent curative chest wall resection are analyzed. Imaging studies are an important technique in the initial assessment of chest wall tumors. As a result, imaging methods are now not only used in the more classical context of staging and follow-up, but also in diagnosis, therapy and even prognosis of chest wall tumors.