Chemotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer
Chemotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Chao H. Huang Frances A. Shepherd Karen Kelly Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for 13% of all lung cancer cases diagnosed each year…
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Elizabeth Gore Brain metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are a devastating problem with profound impact on survival and…
Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Wilfried E.E. Eberhardt Paul E. Van Schil Walter Curran Jr Mark A. Socinski Radiation therapy approaches remain the cornerstone of management for patients with…
Preoperative Chemotherapy/Radiation Therapy for Early Stage and Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Preoperative Chemotherapy/Radiation Therapy for Early Stage and Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Brian E. Lally Harvey I. Pass Kathy S. Albain Surgery remains the cornerstone of management for patients…
Preoperative Chemotherapy for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Preoperative Chemotherapy for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Jan P. van Meerbeeck Katherine M. Pisters BACKGROUND Surgery remains the cornerstone of treatment for patients with early stage non-small cell…
Targeted Therapies and Radiation in Lung Cancer
Targeted Therapies and Radiation in Lung Cancer David Raben Amanda Schwer Paul Van Houtte The use of targeted drugs—those that attempt to render specific aspects of the cancer cell-signaling pathway…
Lung Cancer Vaccines
Lung Cancer Vaccines Nevin Murray Robert Eager John Nemunaitis Anecdotal observations of spontaneous regression of tumors in patients with cancer provided the initial evidence of the presence of an inborn…
Other Signal Transduction Agents
Other Signal Transduction Agents Alex A. Adjei Cancer represents a multitude of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cellular proliferation and is the second most common cause of death in Western society.1…
Anti-EGFR Therapies: How to Select Patients
Anti-EGFR Therapies: How to Select Patients Fred R. Hirsch Tetsuya Mitsudomi Pasi A. Jänne Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors have proven effective in some patients with advanced non-small cell…
Antiangiogenic Agents
Antiangiogenic Agents Christian Manegold Leora Horn Alan Sandler ROLE OF ANGIOGENESIS IN SOLID TUMORS Tumor development is a multistep and complex process, requiring the transformation of a normal cell into…
