Lung Cancer, Part I, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine
Author | : M. Patricia Rivera |
Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2020-02-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780323791410 |
ISBN-13 | : 0323791417 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest-edited by Dr. M. Patricia Rivera, is the first of two issues focused on Lung Cancer. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to: Lung Cancer in the 21st Century; Epidemiology, Etiology, and Prevention; Lung Cancer in Women: A Modern Epidemic; Primary Prevention of Lung Cancer: Tobacco Treatment; The Biology of Lung Cancer: Development of More Effective Methods for Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment; Pathology of Lung Cancer; Lung Cancer Screening: Patient Selection and Implementation; The Approach to the Subsolid Nodule; Bronchoscopic Diagnostic Procedures Available to the Pulmonologist; Bronchoscopic Therapeutic Procedures Available to the Pulmonologist; and Biomarkers in Lung Cancer.