Product Description: Primary lung tumors are now a global health problem. The incidence has risen dramatically during the last 5--6 decades, reflecting the popularity of cigarette smoking. In this, the fifth volume dealing with lung cancer in the series KappaCANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCHkappa, many current research topics are covered by notable authorities, including chemoprevention, growth factors, multidrug resistance, new agents, and haematopoietic growth factors...read more

Product Description: Lung cancer is one of the biggest challenges in oncology today. The challenge is due to the recognition of the possibility of prevention in at least 70-80 % of all the cases and the extreme difficulties encountered in the treatment of this neoplasm...read more

Product Description: The last volume dealing with lung cancer in this series in Cancer Treatment and Research was published in 1986 and entitled Lung Cancer: Basic and Clinical Aspects. The present book continues the outline of the previous volume by presenting up-to-date information on lung cancer in critical reviews of new important basic and clinical concepts of lung cancer...read more

Product Description: This well established publication continues its unique round-up of the latest in research and practice in all aspects of lung cancer therapy. In a field that moves as quickly as oncological research and practice, all those involved with the care of patients with lung cancer will welcome this succinct and expert guide to the new developments and trends in the field...read more

Product Description: Briefing the oncology community about the most recent developments in lung cancer therapy, Lung Cancer Annual 4 provides a review of the related literature from the last year, and delivers an update of the impact that this information will have on the day-to-day management of lung cancer patients...read more

Product Description: The global picture of lung cancer is undergoing major changes, with steady decrease in the incidence among men, an increase among women in the western countries, and a rapid rise among both sexes in the rest of the world. The treatment of lung cancer is also undergoing changes, with more optimistic therapeutic approaches that combine the major three treatment modalities: surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, applied either concurrently or sequentially...read more

Product Description: Lung Cancer Therapy Annual outlines key aspects in early diagnosis, classification and staging, and reviews in depth the current literature, discussing the latest developments in treatment and summarizing the most recent data in the field of chemotherapy and biologic therapy. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The purpose of this publication is to inform all those involved in the treatment of lung cancer of the latest developments in its treatment during 1999. It summarizes the latest data in the field of chemotherapy of lung cancer - small cell carcinoma, non-small cell carcinoma and mesothelioma - given alone or in combination with radiotherapy or surgery...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This comprehensive and multidisciplinary text, produced in conjunction with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, examines all aspects of this disease, with contributions from a multinational team of authors on epidemiology, biology, pathology, surgical, radiation and medical oncology, and health education...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The "Europe against Cancer" programme has, from its inception, emphasised the key role which general practitioners must play in the actions necessary to achieve its aim of reduc­ ing the incidence and the mortality from cancer in the European Community...read more

Product Description: The workshop on small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in June 1989, Elsinore, Denmark, was the third on this subject arranged by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Previous meetings were held in Ireland 1981 and Scotland 1984 and resulted in valuable contributions to the literature...read more