Lung Cancer Imaging

This book provides a guide to the diagnosis, staging and overview of the management of lung cancer relevant to practicing radiologists so that they can better understand the decision making issues and provide more useful communication to treating physicians.

While specialists often guide the care to lung cancer patients, it is often a general radiologist who is left to interpret studies that impact patient care and management. Lung Cancer Imaging provides a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis, staging and overview of the management of lung cancer relevant to practicing radiologists so that they can better understand the decision making issues and provide more directed and useful communication to the treating physicians. It Primary Care physicians will also find this book valuable to understand the relevant issues that they face when one of their patients is being treated for lung cancer.

Includes relevant epidemiologic information on lung cancer Evidence for and against lung cancer screening followed by the pre-therapeutic evaluation Concise overview of therapeutic options

Klappentext

Lung Cancer Imaging provides a clinically focused guide to the diagnosis, staging, and management of lung cancer. It incorporates a multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of the causes of lung cancer and treatment of this disorder. This book presents the epidemiology and classification of lung cancer; screening protocols; imaging in non-small cell lung cancer; preoperative evaluation for lung cancer resection; staging and imaging of small cell carcinoma; surgical treatment for non-small cell lung cancer; the use of radiotherapy in lung cancer; and imaging following lung cancer treatment. With contributions from a distinguished group of thoracic oncology specialists, it is an authoritative resource for radiologists, oncologists, pulmonologists, and thoracic surgeons.

Foreword by Mark Green, MD, Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Medical University of South Carolina.

Inhalt
Epidemiology/WHO Classification.- Screening for Lung Cancer.- Evaluation of the Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule.- Diagnosis of Lung Cancer.- Non-invasive Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.- Novel Imaging Agents.- Invasive Staging of Non-small cell lung cancer.- Imaging of Small Cell Lung Cancer.- Interdisciplinary Management of Lung Cancer.- Pre-operative Evaluation for Resection.- Surgical Therapy for Lung Cancer.- Post-surgical Evaluation.- Radiofrequency Ablation.- Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer.- Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer.- Imaging following Radiation Therapy.- Evaluation of Therapeutic Response.- Imaging of Drug Toxicity.