Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Lung
Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Lung Ritsuko Komaki James D. Cox Carcinoma of the lung encompasses a group of diseases that require the collaboration of the thoracic surgeon, radiation…
Basic Principles of Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced Carcinoma of the Lung
Basic Principles of Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced Carcinoma of the Lung Bahman Emami Nena Mirkovic Julian Rosenman Physical Aspects of Radiation Therapy Ionizing radiation is the name given to…
Endoluminal Management of Malignant Airway Disease
Endoluminal Management of Malignant Airway Disease Joseph LoCicero III Because patients with endobronchial tumor obstruction often present with acute and dramatic symptoms, they are the subject of continued investigation. Many…
Unknown Primary Malignancy Metastatic to Thoracic Lymph Nodes
Unknown Primary Malignancy Metastatic to Thoracic Lymph Nodes Marc Riquet Eugenia Banu Christophe Foucault Some 3% to 6% of cancers present as metastatic lesions from an occult primary tumor,4,14,19,47 making…
Lymph Node Dissection for Lung Cancer
Lymph Node Dissection for Lung Cancer Hisao Asamura Historical Note The role of mediastinal/hilar lymph node dissection (LND) in the staging and treatment of lung cancer remains controversial. In particular,…
Surgical Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Surgical Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Joseph LoCicero III Using statistics from the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data, Ries et al.231 reported that 215,020…
Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer
Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer Carolyn E. Reed Gerard A. Silvestri Once the radiographic (see Chapter 108) or clinical presentation (see Chapter 107) raises the possibility of lung cancer,…
Radiologic Evaluation of Lung Cancer
Radiologic Evaluation of Lung Cancer Patrick J. Fultz Richard H. Feins The radiologic evaluation of lung cancer is directed at determining the best means for diagnosing and staging the cancer…
Clinical Presentation of Lung Cancer
Clinical Presentation of Lung Cancer Matthew G. Blum As one of the most common malignancies in the world, lung cancer presents with widely varied signs, symptoms, and syndromes. Some 93%…
Present Concepts in the Molecular Biology of Lung Cancer
Present Concepts in the Molecular Biology of Lung Cancer David H. Harpole Jr. Mark Onaitis Over the past decade, the study of cancer has increasingly focused upon molecular causes. This…
