Lung cancer principles and practice

• Other Authors: Pass, Harvey I. (author/editor), Carbone, David P. (Editor), Johnson, David H. (Editor), Minna, John D. (Editor), Turrisi, Andrew T. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2005
• Edition: Third Edition
• Subjects: Lung Neoplasms
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Thoroughly revised and updated, this Third Edition is the most comprehensive, current reference on lung cancer, with contributions from the world's foremost surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, pulmonologists, and basic scientists. This edition includes sixteen new chapters and...

Table of Contents:

• Etiology and epidemiology
• Lung cancer biology
• Screening/early detection/prevention
• Pathology and molecular classification
• Clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging, and prognosis
• Surgery
• Radiation therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Multimodallity therapy of NSCLC
• Treatment of small cell lung cancer
• Novel therapeutic strategies
• Palliation and special considerations
• Other thoracic tumors.