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Dx/Rx: Lung Cancer

Author(s): Christopher G. Azzoli, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763726416
  • ISBN-10:0763726419
  • Paperback    135 pages      © 2006
Price: International Sales $54.95 US List
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Overview

Dx/Rx: Lung Cancer is tightly organized into a super-condensed outline bulleted format, this handy, pocket-sized manual details precise, up-to-date information for diagnosis and treatment of Lung Cancer. Throughout the book, tables and figures summarize important clinical data and current professional society recommendations, while salient references direct readers to additional information.

Current, quick, and concise, for instant access in the ward or in the clinic!

 

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Pocket-sized handy reference.

Outline bulleted format provides readers with an efficient, convenient resource for finding precise, up-to-date information.

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Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Epidemiology
Chapter 2: Histopathology of Lung Cancer
Chapter 3: Molecular Biology of Lung Cancer
Chapter 4: Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer
Chapter 5: Treatment of Incurable NSCLC (Stage IV or Stage IIIB with Malignant Effusion)
Chapter 6: Treatment of Unresectable Stage III NSCL

Chapter 7: Treatment of Resectable NSCLC (Stages I-IIIA)
Chapter 8: Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)

Chapter 9: Treatment of Common Complications of Lung Cancer
Chapter 10: Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM)

Chapter 11: Malignant Thymoma
Chapter 12: What the Future Holds
Index


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Christopher G. Azzoli, MD-Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Christopher G. Azzoli, MD, graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1996. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, followed by a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He was appointed to faculty at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 2002, and currently serves as an Assistant Member of the institution in the Department of Medicine, Thoracic Oncology Service. His research interests include the development of new chemotherapy drugs for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer, as well as developing better treatment strategies for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer, which may be treated with surgery. Dr. Azzoli's laboratory research interests include investigation of blood biomarkers to detect the presence of lung cancer in the body in order to measure the success of therapy, or detect early recurrence.

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  • "This up-to-date handbook is a remarkably complete, concise, and clinically applicable reference for the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. We will recommend this book for all healthcare professionals as a quick easy and up-to-date reference."

     

    —Yasmin Hasan, MD
    William Beaumont Hospitals
    Reviewed by Doody’s Book Review Service
    April 2006

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