PLE-8346

PLE-8346

Before choosing further treatment, what must be done for a 53-year-old woman with a right-sided lung mass noted on CXR, who is a smoker with no cancer history? Chest CT confirms an irregular 4-cm mass and a right paratracheal node measuring 1.9 cm. Percutaneous biopsy of the lung mass confirms a bronchogenic adenocarcinoma.