Category: Thoracic Cancer

Lung Cancer: A multidisciplinary approach

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Edited By Alison Leary.
Pages: 224 Size: 7.66 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 16 March, 2012
eISBN-13: 9781444398632

Lung Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides clinicians with a comprehensive text that can be used when caring for patients with lung cancer throughout the entire patient journey. This edited collection explores the aetiology of lung cancer; mesothelioma; the range of available treatments, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy; surgical care; supportive and end-of-life care; quality-of-life issues; and the role of the nurse within the multidisciplinary team. A comprehensive, evidence-based guide to lung cancer Illustrative case studies used throughout Contributions from respected healthcare professionals in the field Interprofessional in focus Lung Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach is an essential resource for all nurses and healthcare professionals working with cancer patients.

BMJ Clinical Review: Clinical Oncology

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Babita Jyoti & Eleftheria Kleidi.

Pages: 108 Size: 1,016 KB Format: PDF Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 01 January, 2016
eISBN-13: 9783319194370

This volume covers a range topics in the management and treatment of cancer. Subjects dealt with include; the changing epidemiology of lung cancer with a focus on screening using low dose computed tomography, identifying brain tumours in children and young adults, prostate cancer screening and the management of clinically localized disease, the management of women at high risk of breast cancer, head and neck cancer with reference to epidemiology, presentation, prevention, treatment and prognostic factors, malignant and premalignant lesions of the penis, melanoma and advances in radiotherapy.

Fast Facts: Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Mary O’Brien;Benjamin Besse

Pages: 71 Size: 4.98 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Health Press
Published: 29 August, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781910797310

Rapid developments in the classification, screening and treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are improving outcomes for patients with the disease. This insightful guide is designed to bring you up to speed with recent advances, including: – the latest CT-based screening and interval growth imaging techniques – proposed changes to the TNM classification system – the increasing trend for minimally invasive and lung-sparing surgery – stereotactic radiation for early-stage tumors – new targeted therapies – breakthroughs in personalized medicine. Today’s developments will change tomorrow?s standards of care.

Handbook of Lung Cancer and Other Thoracic Malignancies

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Gregory P. Kalemkerian, Jessica S. Donington, Elizabeth M. Gore, Suresh S. Ramalingam.

Pages: 284 Size: 15.28 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
Published: 28 November, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781617052729

A practical guide to management of lung cancer and other cancers of the thoracic cavity. Edited by a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists from leading institutions, the book is an essential day-to-day reference for evidence-based care in thoracic oncology.

This state-of-the-art handbook focuses on evidence-based conventional and novel treatment strategies that have been transforming the landscape of lung cancer and related tumors. It includes guidance on video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy, combined-modality therapy, molecular diagnostic testing leading to molecularly targeted therapy, immunotherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, and site-directed treatment of oligometastatic disease.

Practical and applicable to the care of real-life patients, this pocket-style resource covers the entirety of the field and is indispensable for clinical oncologists treating and managing thoracic cancer as well as trainees in medical, radiation, and surgical oncology programs needing an accessible point of care resource in one of the most dynamic subspecialty areas in oncology.