Jean-Paul Sculier / Willard A. Fry (eds.)

Malignant Tumors of the Lung

Herausgegeben:Sculier, Jean-Paul; Fry, Willard A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 experts from Europe, Asia, and North America, it covers all of the most important fields: biology, pathology, epidemiology, screening, diagnosis, therapy, supportive care, and prognosis. All physicians caring for patients with lung cancer, especially surgeons, chest physicians, radiation oncologists, and medical oncologists, will find a wealth of information that meets their needs. Whenever possible, the principles of evidence-based medicine are followed by providing data from systematic reviews, meta-analyses, methodology-based guidelines, and randomized clinical trials.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 1004g
• ISBN-13: 9783540438878
• ISBN-10: 3540438874
• Artikelnr.: 12095384

Autorenporträt

Jean-Paul Sculier, Institut Jules Bordet, Bruxelles, Belgium / Willard A. Fry, Winnetka, IL, USA

Inhaltsangabe

- 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.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"Lung cancer is a global epidemic ... . Malignant Tumors of the Lung comes at a time when there are more options and perhaps less nihilism in the treatment of this disease. ... The high points of the book are the illustrations, tables and charts. This is essential reading for medical professionals involved in the care of patients with lung cancer." -- Nithya Ramnath, Oncology, Vol. 67 (56), 2004