Management of Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer 7 Smitha P. Menon and Elizabeth M. Gore Locally advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC) refers to disease that is unresectable or not curable…
Management of Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer 10 Michael F. Gensheimer and Billy W. Loo Jr. INTRODUCTION Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung…
Palliative Care in Thoracic Oncology 16 Susan Urba and Joseph A. Bovi MANAGEMENT OF COMMON SYMPTOMS Patients with lung cancer commonly present with symptoms from their cancer or its treatment….
Management of Advanced-Stage Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer 8 Conor E. Steuer and Suresh S. Ramalingam INTRODUCTION At least 50% of patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have advanced stage IV disease…
Management of Early Stage Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer 6 Jessica S. Donington and Jean Lee INTRODUCTION Treatment for early stage non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is no longer “one-size fits all” with…
Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer 5 Shirish M. Gadgeel INTRODUCTION Lung cancer is a major cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States and worldwide and is expected to…
Chapter 16 Airway stents Marc Fortin1 and Hervé Dutau2 1Dept of Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 2Dept…
Chapter 21 Advanced techniques in local anaesthetic thoracoscopy Rahul Bhatnagar1,2, Rachel Jones3 and Nick Maskell1,2 1Academic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK. 2North Bristol Lung Centre, Southmead…
Chapter 19 Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction Dirk-Jan Slebos, Karin Klooster and Nick H.T. Ten Hacken Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Correspondence:…
