International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer textbook of prevention and detection of early lung cancer
By: edited by Fred R. Hirsch ... [et al.].
Contributors: Hirsch, Fred R.; International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781841843018; 9781841843018
Subjects: Lung Neoplasms -- diagnosis; Lung Neoplasms -- prevention & control; Early Diagnosis
Other titles: IASLC textbook of prevention and detection of early lung cancer; Textbook of prevention and detection of early lung cancer
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global epidemiology of lung cancer; title: The molecular epidemiology of lung cancer; title: Tobacco, lung cancer and tobacco control; title: Clinical approaches to smoking cessation; title: Pathology of lung preneoplasia; title: Lung carcinogenesis: biology; title: Proteomic strategies for the early detection of lung cancer; title: Sputum cytology and biomarkers; title: The role of autofluorescence bronchoscopy in diagnosis of early lung cancer; title: The role of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) in diagnosis and treatment of centrally located early lung cancer; title: Bronchoscopic treatment of early lung cancer lesions; title: CT screening for lung cancer; title: New directions in spiral CT image processing and computer-aided  diagnosis; title: Diagnostic workup of screen-detected lesions; title: The pathology of screen-detected lesions; title: Surgical approaches to screen-detected lesions and tissue acquisition for translational research; title: Non-surgical approaches to early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC); title: Economic evaluation of lung cancer screening; title: Chemoprevention; title: The selection of the optimal target population for spiral CT screening and chemoprevention trials.