Tumors of the Chest
Subtitle: Biology, Diagnosis and Management
Contributors: Konstantinos N. Syrigos (Editor); Christopher  M. Nutting (Editor); Charalambos I. Roussos (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 685
ISBN-13: 9783540310396
Subjects: Medical diagnosis; Pathology; Radiology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Oncology; Internal Medicine; Chest Neoplasms; Lung Cancer; Medical / Oncology; Pulmonary Medicine; Thoracic Medicine; Chest; Tumors
Description: Designed to meticulously depict all aspects of chest tumors in a comprehensive volume format that encompasses their biology, clinical presentation and management. Lung cancer and chest malignancies demand complicated therapeutical procedures without a guaranteed cure, cause agonizing side effects and mean immense suffering for the patients and their families. Over the last decade lung cancer became the providence of the scientific specialities involved:oncology, radiology, radiotherapy, palliative, epidemiology, biology. The internationally renowned authors provide in this book a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of their experience with the latest advances in these fields. Also covered are the wide-ranging topics of management in the elderly, chemoprevention, along with ethical, social and economic issues.