ABSTRACT

Oncology research and practice in lung cancer continues to develop rapidly. This latest edition of Lung Cancer Therapy Annual briefs the oncology community with a review of the recent literature, emphasizing the therapeutic aspects. It offers an update of the impact that this information will have on the day-to-day management of the lung cancer pat

chapter 1|8 pages

Epidemiology of lung cancer

chapter 2|13 pages

Prevention, early detection and screening

chapter 3|10 pages

Staging

ByChristophe Dooms

chapter 4|13 pages

Histo- and molecular pathology of lung cancer

ByA. Soltermann, S. Peters, V. Tischler

chapter 5|14 pages

Oncogenic driver mutations

ByHiromichi Ebi, Tetsuya Mitsudomi

chapter 8|8 pages

Second-line therapy of non-small cell lung cancer

ByDavid F. Heigener, Sabine Bohnet, Martin Reck

chapter 9|11 pages

Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy of non-small cell lung cancer

ByGiulia Veronesi

chapter 10|15 pages

Advances in surgery of lung cancer

ByPaul E. Van Schil, Jeroen M. Hendriks, Marjan Hertoghs, Patrick Lauwers, Cliff K. Choong

chapter 11|10 pages

Recent advances in radiotherapy for lung cancer

ByDirk K. M. De Ruysscher and José S.A. Belderbos

chapter 12|12 pages

Treatment of small cell lung cancer

ByAleksandar Aleksic, Sanjay Popat

chapter 13|10 pages

Mesothelioma

ByEmanuela Felley-Bosco, Isabelle Opitz

chapter 14|20 pages

Thymic tumors

ByEnrico Ruffi ni, Pier Luigi Filosso, Paolo Lausi, and Alberto Oliaro