Lung Cancer Prevention, Management, and Emerging Therapies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stewart, David J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2010.
• Edition: 1st.
• Series: Current Clinical Oncology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Pneumology.; Biochemistry.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Medical Biochemistry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-524-8

This comprehensive resource provides authoritative knowledge of the most up-to-date prevention and treatment strategies for thoracic malignancies. Established and investigational therapies are placed in the context of tumor biology for a full understanding of the pharmacogenetics, etiology, and chan...

Table of Contents:

• Molecular pathology of lung cancer
• Tumor microenvironment
• Racial and ethnic diversity in lung cancer
• Pharmacogenetics of lung cancer
• Lung cancer prevention
• Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy of non-small cell lung cancer
• Chemoradiotherapy for inoperable non-small cell lung cancer
• Management of advanced non-small cell lung cancer- front line treatment
• Chemotherapy in previously-treated patients with non-small cell lung cancer
• Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer
• Angiogenesis inhibitors in lung cancer
• Other molecular targeted agents in non-small cell lung cancer
• Vaccine therapy for lung cancer
• Gene-based therapies for lung cancer
• Lung cancer resistance to chemotherapy
• Small cell carcinoma
• Mesothelioma
• Advances in oncology clinical research statistical and study design methodologies
• Palliative care for patients with lung cancer
• The future of lung cancer.