Cancer of the Lung: From Molecular Biology to Treatment Guidelines

ISBN-13: 9780896038301 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 344 str.

Alan B. Weitberg

Opis

Alan B. Weitberg, MD, and a panel of internationally recognized basic scientists and clinicians present a comprehensive discussion of lung cancer, including a practice-oriented review of its diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment. The contributors offer not only an understandable description of its molecular origins-an essential key to developing future therapies and preventive measures-but also rigorously discuss well-tested approaches, as well as those that are currently being evaluated for future use in both the laboratory and clinic. The book also elucidates the creation and effective deployment of treatment guidelines introduced by third party payers to improve clinical outcomes, even while lowering healthcare costs.

Recenzje

"The fourteen chapters are edited into conformity where the elements in any chapter are clearly headed an numbered so that it is unusually easy to find ones way about. In addition, there is a complete an up to date bibliography of references attached to each chapter. The most fascinating...part of the book is the opening section where the etiology, pathology and molecular biology are described." - Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

"...a comprehensive but succinct review of accumulated knowledge and an able literature updte in a field that undergoes constant evolution...readable and useful reference that earns its place in the literature." Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

"...the book is well-written, and provides brief but quite comprehensive summaries of the relevant areas...well worth reading for all those with an interest in the important biological and clinical issues in lung cancer management." - Cancer Forum

Spis treści

Part I. Background, Basic Science, and Evaluation of Lung Cancer Incidence and Etiology: Shifting Patterns Kim Josen, Richard Siegel, and David Kamp Pathology of Lung Carcinoma Mirela Stancu and N. Peter Libbey Molecular Biology of Lung Cancer: A Primer Mirela Stancu, Thomas King, and Abby Maizel Molecular Biology of Human Lung Cancer: A Detailed Analysis Xiangyang Dong and Li Mao Techniques for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer Michael A. Passero Lung-Cancer Staging Richard Siegel, Kim Josen, and Sigmund Weitzman Part II. Treatment: Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Surgical Treatment for Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Jeanne M. Lukanich and David J. Sugarbaker The Evolution of the Multimodality Approach to Regionally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Gary M. Strauss Treatment of Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Philip Bonomi and Lucio DiNunno. New Treatments for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Gregory A. Masters Part III. Treatment: Small-Cell Lung Cancer Small-Cell Lung Cancer: From Natural History to Chemotherapy Ritesh Rathore and Alan B. Weitberg Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Surgery, Radiation and Newer Chemotherapy Approaches Ritesh Rathore and Alan B. Weitberg Part IV. Radiation Therapy: Novel Approaches Novel Uses of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Carcinoma of the Lung Thomas F. DeLaney Part V. Practice Guidelines A Guide to the Use of Practice Guidelines Alan B. Weitberg

Blurb

Despite recent advances in our understanding of lung cancer and the implementation of many new preventive measures, this terrible disease remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, as well as a major cause of such deaths worldwide. In Cancer of the Lung: From Molecular Biology to Treatment Guidelines, Alan B. Weitberg, MD, and a panel of internationally recognized basic scientists and clinicians present a comprehensive discussion of lung cancer, including a practice-oriented review of its diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment. The contributors offer not only an understandable description of its molecular origins-an essential key to developing future therapies and preventive measures-but also rigorously discuss already well-tested approaches, as well as those that are currently being evaluated for future use in both the laboratory and clinic. The book also elucidates the creation and effective deployment of treatment guidelines introduced by third party payers to improve clinical outcomes, even while lowering healthcare costs, including those entailed by malpractice litigation.
Comprehensive and highly readable, Cancer of the Lung: From Molecular Biology to Treatment Guidelines offers today's oncologists, internists, and residents not only a clear and concise introduction to its molecular biology, but also a state-of-the-art practical review of all the current and developing diagnostic and treatment options for patients.