Overview
- The only book providing all aspects of tumors of the chest including their biology, clinical presentation and management in a comprehensive volume
- All authors are highly recommended scientists currently pioneering lung cancer research
- Biology and Pathogenesis of chest malignancies are presented in an easy to understand format
- Chapters deal also with quality of life issues associated with these tumors
- Decision making is described by presenting clearly and balanced all arguments for each approach
- Chapters on ethical, economic and social issues associated with these tumors are included
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Table of contents (57 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Epidemiologie and Etiology of Lung Cancer
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Preclinical Investigation of Lung Cancer
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Clinical Evaluation of Lung Cancer
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Management of Localized Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
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About this book
The purpose of the textbook, Tumors of the Chest: Biology, Diagnosis and Management, is to meticulously depict all aspects of chest tumors in a comprehensive volume format that encompasses their biology, clinical presentation and management. Lung cancer and chest malignancies demand complicated therapeutical procedures without a guaranteed cure, cause agonizing side effects and mean immense suffering for the patients and their families. Over the last decade lung cancer became the providence of the scientific specialities involved:oncology, radiology, radiotherapy, palliative, epidemiology, biology. The internationally renowned authors provide in this book a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of their experience with the latest advances in these fields. Also covered are the wide-ranging topics of management in the elderly, chemoprevention, along with ethical, social and economic issues.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Tumors of the Chest offers clinicians a systematic overview of developments in the field, ranging from basic science to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. … A particular strength of the book is the material devoted to treatment of the elderly … and to palliative care. … it will serve as a useful overview for junior oncologists and physicians interested in the management of cancers of the thorax." (Alan Sandler, The New England Journal of Medicine, March, 2007)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tumors of the Chest
Book Subtitle: Biology, Diagnosis and Management
Editors: Konstantinos N. Syrigos, Christopher M. Nutting, Charis Roussos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31040-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31040-2Published: 06 October 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 685
Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Internal Medicine
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma