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Part 5: Tools
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Review of Part 5
• Pulmonary function tests help doctors assess if surgery or radiation therapy is a treatment option.
• Imaging tests and biopsies are used to assess how far the cancer has spread.
• Molecular testing looks for changes in genes for which there are treatments.