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Lung Cancer remains the most common cause of cancer mortality in the Development world in both men and women.
Lung Cancer offers an ambitious visual guide to the diagnosis, management, and post-treatment care for all stages of lung cancer. It outlines the tremendous advances made in the understanding of imaging techniques, the identification of adverse prognostic factors in tailoring treatment, the discover of new modalities for curative and palliative treatment, and the development of approaches that limit previous high morbidity.
Features
Encompasses discussion of lung cancer in both adults and children
Condenses the current information on lung cancer into a short readable atlas for the busy practicing physician
Extensive inclusion of color illustrations, photographs, and radiographs
Includes a dual-platform CD-ROM with the complete text and illustrations, all in fully searchable PDF files
Images can be downloaded for lectures and presentations
Contents
1. Epidemiology of Lung Cancer
Peter B. Bach, MD, MAPP
2. Prevention and Screening of Lung Cancer
Philip W. Wong, MD
Dorothy A. White, MD
3. Pathology
Maureen F. Zakowski, MD
4. Clinical Features of Lung Cancer
Marc B. Feinstein, MD
Diane Stover, MD
5. Diagnosis and Staging
Robert J. Korst, MD
6. The Imaging Work-Up of Lung Cancer:
The Utility and Comparison of Computed Tomography
and FDG Positron Emission Tomography
Tim Akhurst
Robert Heelan
7. In Situ and Occult Lung Cancer
Tracy L. Weigel, MD
John R. Pellett, MD
Nael Martini, MD
8. Local and Locoregional Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Kenneth Ng, MD
Robert J. Ginsberg, MD
9. Follow-Up After Lung Cancer Resection
Robert J. Downey, MD
10. Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Vincent A. Miller, MD
Christopher G. Azzoli
11. Palliative and Definitive Therapies in the Treatment of Recurrent or Metastatic Lung Cancer
Robert J. Ginsberg, MD
Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD
12. Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lee M. Krug, MD
13. The Future
Robert J. Korst, MD
Mark G. Kris, MD