IASLC Textbook of Prevention and Early Detection of Lung Cancer

Book Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 16
1. Global Epidemiology of Lung Cancer......Page 18
2. The Molecular Epidemiology of Lung Cancer......Page 36
3. Tobacco, Lung Cancer and Tobacco Control......Page 50
4. Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation......Page 73
5. Pathology of Lung Preneoplasia......Page 94
6. Lung Carcinogenesis: Biology......Page 113
7. Proteomic Strategies for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer......Page 141
8. Sputum Cytology and Biomarkers......Page 167
9. The Role of Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy in Diagnosis of Early Lung Ccancer......Page 177
10. The Role of Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) in Diagnosis and Treatment of Ccentrally Located Early Lung Cancer......Page 190
11. Bronchoscopic Treatment of Early Lung Cancer Lesions......Page 210
12. CT Screening for Lung Cancer......Page 220
13. New Directions in Spiral CT Image Processing and Computer-Aided Diagnosis......Page 240
14. Diagnostic Workup of Screen-Detected Lesions......Page 262
15. The Pathology of Screen-Detected Lesions......Page 285
16. Surgical Approaches to Screen Detected Lesions and Tissue Acquisition for Translational Research......Page 309
17. Non-Surgical Approaches to Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)......Page 329
18. Economic Evaluation of Lung Cancer......Page 357
19. Chemoprevention......Page 380
20. The Selection of the Optimal Target Population for Spiral CT Screening and Chemoprevention Trials......Page 401
Index......Page 425