Conventional Imaging of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Leslie E. Quint Naama R. Bogot Sheila C. Rankin Bronchogenic carcinoma is generally first imaged, and often first detected, by chest radiography. Chest…
Positron Emission Tomography in Lung Cancer Johan Vansteenkiste Christophe Dooms Sigrid Stroobants BASIC PRINCIPLES AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS Positron emission tomography (PET) is the most selective and sensitive (picomolar to nanomolar…
Gender-Related Differences in Lung Cancer Silvia Novello Julie R. Brahmer Laura P. Stabile Jill M. Siegfried For several decades, lung cancer has been mainly viewed as a malignant disease affecting…
Clinical Presentation of Small Cell Lung Cancer Gregory A. Masters The clinical presentation of small cell lung cancer (SCLC), including signs and symptoms of the disease, is important in the…
Clinical Presentation of Non-Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung Antoinette J. Wozniak Shirish M. Gadgeel Lung cancer is a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide and is expected to remain…
Molecular and Cellular Pathology of Lung Cancer Wilbur A. Franklin Masayuki Noguchi Adriana Gonzalez Despite advances in imaging techniques and the molecular characterization of lung tumors described elsewhere in this…
Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention of Lung Cancer Fadlo Khuri Nico Van Zandwijk Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer-related death, worldwide and in the United States.1 Despite…
Evolving Early Detection Modalities in Lung Cancer Screening Simon D. Spivack William Rom It would seem intuitively obvious that early detection efforts of a lethal disorder such as lung cancer…
Early Detection of Lung Cancer Using Bronchoscopy Annette McWilliams Stephen Lam Although the overall lung cancer survival is poor with only 15% of patients surviving 5 years after diagnosis,1 patients…
Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Lung Anjali Saqi Madeline F. Vazquez The cytologic diagnosis of lung cancer can be made by the evaluation of exfoliated…
