Malignant Tumors of the Lung : Evidence-based Management /
Lung cancer is the neoplastic disease with the highest mortality numbers in the world. The disease is very common in industrialized countries. This textbook synthesizes the basic science of lung cancer with state-of-the-art accounts of diagnosis and treatment. Written by a distinguished panel of exp...
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Epidemiology, biology and pathology: Molecular and cell biology. Useful biomarkers. Pathology. Incidence and epidemiological data. Smoking and tobacco control. Professional risks and environment factors
- Early detection, diagnosis and staging: Radiological screening. Endoscopy detection. Clinical presentation and paraneoplastic syndromes. Differential diagnosis. Imaging (RX, CT, MRI, US). PET scan. Pathological diagnosis obtention. Mediastinal staging. Operability assessment. TNM staging
- Treatment: Non small cell lung cancer. Surgery. Neoadjuvant treatments. Adjuvant treatments. Elective radiotherapy. Chemotherapy. Salvage therapy. Small cell lung carcinoma. Limited disease. Extensive disease. Preventive cranial irradiation. Salvage therapy. Chemoprevention. Endoscopic treatments. Biological treatments
- Complications and supportive care: BM aplasia. SVCS. Airway obstruction. Malignant pleural effusion. Symptomatic treatment. Palliative care
- Prognosis: NSCLC prognosis. SCLC prognosis.