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Main description:
Alan B. Weitberg, MD, and a panel of internationally recognized basic scientists and clinicians present a comprehensive discussion of lung cancer, including a practice-oriented review of its diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment. The contributors offer not only an understandable description of its molecular origins-an essential key to developing future therapies and preventive measures-but also rigorously discuss well-tested approaches, as well as those that are currently being evaluated for future use in both the laboratory and clinic. The book also elucidates the creation and effective deployment of treatment guidelines introduced by third party payers to improve clinical outcomes, even while lowering healthcare costs.
Contents:
Part I. Background, Basic Science, and Evaluation of Lung Cancer
Incidence and Etiology: Shifting Patterns
Kim Josen, Richard Siegel, and David Kamp
Pathology of Lung Carcinoma
Mirela Stancu and N. Peter Libbey
Molecular Biology of Lung Cancer: A Primer
Mirela Stancu, Thomas King, and Abby Maizel
Molecular Biology of Human Lung Cancer: A Detailed Analysis
Xiangyang Dong and Li Mao
Techniques for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
Michael A. Passero
Lung-Cancer Staging
Richard Siegel, Kim Josen, and Sigmund Weitzman
Part II. Treatment: Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Surgical Treatment for Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Jeanne M. Lukanich and David J. Sugarbaker
The Evolution of the Multimodality Approach to Regionally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Gary M. Strauss
Treatment of Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Philip Bonomi and Lucio DiNunno.
New Treatments for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Gregory A. Masters
Part III. Treatment: Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Small-Cell Lung Cancer: From Natural History to Chemotherapy
Ritesh Rathore and Alan B. Weitberg
Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Surgery, Radiation and Newer Chemotherapy Approaches
Ritesh Rathore and Alan B. Weitberg
Part IV. Radiation Therapy: Novel Approaches
Novel Uses of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Carcinoma of the Lung
Thomas F. DeLaney
Part V. Practice Guidelines
A Guide to the Use of Practice Guidelines
Alan B. Weitberg
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: November, 2010
Pages: 368
Weight: 541g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Oncology
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