| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 658 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map |
| 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 |
| Summary |
Global experts, in conjunction with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, bring you up to date with today's best approaches to lung cancer diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. IASLC Thoracic Oncology, 2nd Edition, keeps you abreast of the entire scope of this fast-changing field, from epidemiology to diagnosis to treatment to advocacy. Written in a straightforward, practical style for the busy clinician, this comprehensive, multidisciplinary title is a must-have for anyone involved in the care of patients with lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: The IASLC multidisciplinary approach to thoracic oncology / executive editor, Harvey I. Pass ; editors: David Ball, Giorgio V. Scagliotti. [2014] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from resource home page (ClinicalKey, viewed June 21, 2017) |
| Subject |
Lungs -- Cancer.
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Thoracic Neoplasms
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Thoracic Neoplasms -- Electronic Books
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Lung Neoplasms
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Lungs -- Cancer
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pass, Harvey I., editor
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Ball, David (David L.), editor.
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Scagliotti, Giorgio V., editor
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International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, issuing body.
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| LC no. |
2017004620 |
| ISBN |
9780323527842 |
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0323527841 |
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9780323527835 |
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0323527833 |
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