Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Completely Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Giorgio V. Scagliotti Everett E. Vokes Ninety percent of lung cancers are related to tobacco smoking, and the primary prevention of…
The Spectrum of Carcinoid Tumors Paris A. Kosmidis Lung carcinoids had been classified as “bronchial adenomas,” which included other bronchial tumors with benign behavior. Subsequently, lung carcinoids were included in…
Management of Mediastinal Tumors Not of Thymic Origin Naveed Alam Raja Flores The mediastinum is the term used to describe the contents of the thorax between the pleural cavities. It…
Malignant Mesothelioma Bruce W.S. Robinson Paul Baas Hedy Lee Kindler Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive malignant tumor of the pleura and other serosal surfaces, such as the p eritoneal…
Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Patrick J. Loehrer Sr. John Henley Kenneth Kesler Thymoma and thymic carcinoma represent the most common malignancies found in the anterior mediastinum. Thymomas can also rarely…
Management of Overt Central Nervous System Metastases: Brain and Spinal Cord Young Kwok Roy A. Patchell William F. Regine Brain metastasis is very common in cancer, with an annual incidence…
Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion Jessica S. Donington Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) are a common complication of advanced cancer. There are estimated to be greater than 150,000 cases of MPE…
Endoscopic Ablational Therapies and Stenting Michael Zervos Costas Bizekis According to the American Cancer Society, there will be 215,020 new cases of lung cancer in 2008. This is the leading…
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Small Cell Lung Cancer Cécile Le Péchoux Aaron H. Wolfson Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has several features that distinguish it from other tumor types of…
Multimodality Therapy for Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: Combining Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Sara Erridge Nevin Murray Andrew T. Turrisi III INTRODUCTION The disappearance of a large malignant mass is a…
