International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer textbook of prevention and detection of early lung cancer / edited by Fred R. Hirsch [and others]
Published
London ; New York : Taylor & Francis ; Boca Raton, FL : Distributed in North America by Taylor & Francis ; Andover, UK : Distributed [in the U.K.] by Thomson Pub. Services, 2006
1 online resource (xii, 396 pages) : color illustrations
Contents
Global epidemiology of lung cancer -- The molecular epidemiology of lung cancer -- Tobacco, lung cancer and tobacco control -- Clinical approaches to smoking cessation -- Pathology of lung preneoplasia -- Lung carcinogenesis: biology -- Proteomic strategies for the early detection of lung cancer -- Sputum cytology and biomarkers -- The role of autofluorescence bronchoscopy in diagnosis of early lung cancer -- The role of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) in diagnosis and treatment of centrally located early lung cancer -- Bronchoscopic treatment of early lung cancer lesions -- CT screening for lung cancer -- New directions in spiral CT image processing and computer-aided diagnosis -- Diagnostic workup of screen-detected lesions -- The pathology of screen-detected lesions -- Surgical approaches to screen-detected lesions and tissue acquisition for translational research -- Non-surgical approaches to early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) -- Economic evaluation of lung cancer screening -- Chemoprevention -- The selection of the optimal target population for spiral CT screening and chemoprevention trials
