Bookexecutive editor, Harvey I. Pass ; editors, David Ball, Giorgio V. Scagliotti.
Contents:
Classic epidemiology of lung cancer
Tobacco control and primary prevention
Assessing and treating tobacco use in lung cancer care
Lung cancer in never-smokers : a different disease
Gender-related differences in lung cancer
Genetic susceptibility to lung cancer
Screening for lung cancer
Preclinical biomarkers for the early detection of lung cancer
Chemoprevention of lung cancer and management of early lung cancer
Copy number abnormalities and gene fusions in lung cancer : present and developing technologies
Mutational events in lung cancer : present and developing technologies
Epigenetic events in lung cancer : chromatin remodeling and DNA methylation
Stem cells and lung cancer : in vitro and in vivo studies
Microenvironment and lung cancer
Micrornas as biomarkers for lung cancer
Humoral and cellular immune dysregulation and lung cancer
Classic anatomic pathology and lung cancer
Molecular testing in lung cancer
Management of small histologic and cytologic specimens in the molecular era
Clinical presentation and prognostic factors in lung cancer
Conventional imaging of lung cancer
Positron emission tomography imaging of lung cancer
Diagnostic workup for suspected lung cancer confined to the chest
Preoperative and intraoperative invasive staging of the mediastinum
The eighth edition of the tumor, node, and metastasis classification of lung cancer
Preoperative functional evaluation of the surgical candidate
Results of video-assisted techniques for resection of lung cancer
Robotic surgery : techniques and results for resection of lung cancer
Extent of surgical resection for stage i and ii lung cancer
Extended resections for lung cancer : chest wall and pancoast tumors
Extended resections for lung cancer : bronchovascular sleeve resections
Multiple nodules : management of synchronous and metachronous lung cancers
Surgical management of patients considered marginally resectable
Technical requirements for lung cancer radiotherapy
Radiobiology of lung cancer
Patient selection for radiotherapy
Stage i nonsmall cell lung cancer and oligometastatic disease
Ablation options for localized nonsmall cell lung cancer
Radiotherapy for locally advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer including combined modality
Radiotherapy in the management of small cell lung cancer : thoracic radiotherapy, prophylactic cranial irradiation
Palliative radiotherapy for lung cancer
Acute and late toxicities of thoracic radiotherapy : pulmonary, esophagus, and heart
Neurotoxicity related to radiotherapy and chemotherapy for nonsmall cell and small cell lung cancer
Frontline systemic therapy options in nonsmall cell lung cancer
Systemic options for second-line therapy and beyond
Maintenance chemotherapy for nonsmall cell lung cancer
Pharmacogenomics in lung cancer : predictive biomarkers for chemotherapy
New targets for therapy in lung cancer
Management of toxicities of targeted therapies
Immunotherapy and lung cancer
Adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage nonsmall cell lung cancer
Treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
Malignant mesothelioma
Mediastinal tumors
Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung other than small cell lung cancer
Thymic tumors
Lung cancer emergencies
The role of palliative care in lung cancer
Clinical trial methodology in lung cancer : study design and end-point considerations
How to promote and organize clinical research in lung cancer
The role of advocacy groups in lung cancer
The role of health services research in improving the outcomes for patients with lung cancer.