Fig. 6.1 IMRT plan showing dose distribution in a locally advanced unresectable apical NSCLC Although no prospective randomized study comparing 3D conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT) to IMRT in lung cancer…
Fig. 12.1 Targetable oncogenes in NSCLC: (a) preferentially or exclusively expressed by lung adenocarcinoma; (b) preferentially or exclusively expressed by lung squamous cell carcinoma In the present chapter we will…
(1) The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University, Manchester, GB, UK ALK Rearranged NSCLC The anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene was first discovered as a component of the…
Clinical definition of acquired resistance 1. Previous EGFR TKI 2. Presence of a typical sensitizing EGFR mutation, e.g., exon 19 deletion, exon 21 L858R mutation, exon 18 G719X, or exon…
Study Year # patients OS @ 2–3a (%) LC @ 2–3a (%) Nagata et al. [30] 2005 45 75 98 Baumann et al. [31] 2009 57 60 92 Fakiris et…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Solange Peters and Benjamin Besse (eds.)New Therapeutic Strategies in Lung Cancers10.1007/978-3-319-06062-0_3 3. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Early NSCLC Brian E. Louie1 and Eric Vallières2 (1) Division of Thoracic Surgery, Swedish Cancer Institute and…
Fig. 1.1 Outstanding issues to be considered prior to the implementation of Lung cancer CT Screening (Adapted from Field et al. [49]) Lung Cancer Risk Prediction Models A number of…
, Chandan Karmakar3, Michael Brennan3, Andreas Voss4 and Marimuthu Palaniswami3 (1) Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia…
, Chandan Karmakar3, Michael Brennan3, Andreas Voss4 and Marimuthu Palaniswami3 (1) Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia…
, Chandan Karmakar3, Michael Brennan3, Andreas Voss4 and Marimuthu Palaniswami3 (1) Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia…
