BookCesare Gridelli, Riccardo A. Audisio, editors.
Summary: This book aims to provide an up-to-date review of the literature in each of the major areas relating to the management of older lung cancer patients, and makes recommendations for best practice and future research. The authors come from a broad geographic spread including the UK, mainland Europe and North America to ensure a worldwide relevance.
Contents:
Part I: Background and Epidemiology
Basic Science of Lung Cancer in Older Patients
Clinical Epidemiology and the Impact of Comorbidity on Treatment and Outcome
Part II: Special Considerations in the Management of Older Patients
Physiological Assessment and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
A Practical Mini-Guide to Geriatric Assessment
Impact of the Physiological Effects of Aging on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Systemic Lung Cancer Treatment
Drug Interactions and Polypharmacy
Part III: Diagnostics
Selection of Appropriate Surgery for Early Lung Cancer
Part IV: Non Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Treatment of Early Stages
Surgery: Indications and Issues
Is There a Role for Postoperative Radiotherapy in Elderly Patients with Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?
Is There a Role for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Older Patients?
Curative Radiotherapy in Patients Inoperable for Medical Reasons
Part V: Non Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Treatment of Locally Advanced Disease
Adjuvant Chemotherapy: Feasibility in the Elderly and Patient Selection
Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Elderly: What Combination of Therapy Is Best?
Part VI: Non Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Treatment of Advanced Disease
First-Line Treatment and the New Paradigm of Histology-Based Treatment
Treatment of Frail Patients and Octogenarians with Advanced NSCLC
Are Second- and Third-Line Treatments in the Elderly Feasible?
Part VII: Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Therapeutics
Treatment of Limited-Stage Disease in Older Patients: The Role of Thoracic Radiotherapy and Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation
Chemotherapy in the Elderly: Standard Chemotherapy or Specific Regimens?.