Despite the world-wide drive to increase awareness of the risks of smoking, lung cancer remains a global problem. A multidisciplinary team approach is now considered the most effective way to manage lung cancer. Imaging plays a central role in this multidisciplinary approach; this is reflected in the present volume. Individual chapters focus on imaging (including screening, diagnosis of symptomatic cases and staging), pathology and treatment options in lung cancer. Due to recent interest in the potential role of PET for a variety of malignancies, a separate chapter is devoted to this technique. Each volume in Contemporary Issues in Cancer Imaging is co-ordinated by an expert guest editor with contributions from all members of the multidisciplinary team, bringing together expertise from many specialities to promote the understanding and application of modern imaging in patient management.
Author(s): Sujal R. Desai
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 179
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 7
Series Foreword......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
1 Clinical Considerations in Lung Cancer......Page 11
2 Pathology of Lung Cancer......Page 22
3 Imaging of Lung Cancer......Page 53
4 Screening for Lung Cancer......Page 72
5 Staging of Lung Cancer......Page 83
6 Positron Emmision Tomography in Lung Cancer......Page 110
7 Contemporary Issues in the Systemic Treatment of Lung Cancer......Page 125
8 Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer......Page 146
9 Surgery for Lung Cancer......Page 162
Index......Page 169
