Lung cancer

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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is a specialized academic work on lung cancer, consisting of 14 chapters. It systematically elaborates on the fundamental theories of lung cancer, including epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, advances in molecular genetics research, pathology, cytology, and its applications. It also comprehensively and emphatically introduces various diagnostic methods for lung cancer, such as clinical manifestations and imaging examinations, nuclear medicine diagnostics, bronchoscopy, transthoracic needle lung biopsy, thoracoscopy, mediastinoscopy, tumor markers and biological detection of lung cancer, as well as differential diagnosis of common distant metastases of lung cancer. Additionally, it covers surgical, radiotherapeutic, chemotherapeutic, biological immunotherapeutic, and multidisciplinary treatment approaches for lung cancer. Specific requirements in treatment are also described, such as the management, prognosis, and rehabilitation of elderly patients, different types of lung cancer, second primary lung cancer, and advanced lung cancer. The book is rich in content, with a clear focus, strong scientific rigor, and practicality, making it a valuable reference for clinical physicians, faculty and students of medical schools, and professionals in related disciplines during research and application.