Alan B. Weitberg, MD, and a panel of internationally recognized basic scientists and clinicians present a comprehensive discussion of lung cancer, including a practice-oriented review of its diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment. The contributors offer not only an understandable description of its molecular origins-an essential key to developing future therapies and preventive measures-but also rigorously discuss well-tested approaches, as well as those that are currently being evaluated for future use in both the laboratory and clinic. The book also elucidates the creation and effective deployment of treatment guidelines introduced by third party payers to improve clinical outcomes, even while lowering healthcare costs.

Background, Basic Science and Evaluation of Lung Cancer.- Incidence and Etiology.- Pathology of Lung Carcinoma.- Molecular Biology of Lung Cancer.- Molecular Biology of Human Lung Cancer.- Techniques for the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer.- Lung-Cancer Staging.- Treatment.- Surgical Treatment for Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.- The Evolution of the Multimodality Approach to Regionally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.- Treatment of Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.- New Treatments for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.- Treatment.- Small-Cell Lung Cancer.- Small-Cell Lung Cancer.- Radiation Therapy: Novel Approaches.- Novel Uses of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Carcinoma of the Lung.- Practice Guidelines.- A Guide to the Use of Practice Guidelines.