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Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013

Oncology research and practice in lung cancer continues to develop rapidly. This latest edition of an acclaimed reference briefs the oncology community with a review of the recent literature, emphasizing the most significant therapeutic advances. The expert contributions of Lung Cancer Therapy Annual 7 offer an update of the impact that this information will have on the day-to-day management of the lung cancer patient.

New to the seventh edition are four new chapters on the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and a new chapter on thymoma. Additional topics include:

Oncogenic driver mutations

First line therapy of advanced non-small cell lung cancer without activating EGFR mutation

Second line therapy of non-small cell lung cancer

Adjunct and neoadjunct therapy of non-small cell lung cancer

Advances in surgery of lung cancer; advances in radiotherapy of lung cancer

Mesothelioma

Thymic tumors

Contents:

1. Epidemiology
2. Prevention, early detection, and screening
3. Staging
4. Histopathology and molecular pathology
5. Oncogenic driver mutations
6. First line therapy of advanced non-small cell lung cancer without activating EGFR mutation
7. First line therapy of advanced non-small cell lung cancer with activating EGFR mutation
8. Second line therapy of non-small cell lung cancer
9. Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy of non-small cell lung cancer
10. Advances in surgery of lung cancer
11. Advances in radiotherapy of lung cancer
12. Small cell lung cancer
13. Mesothelioma
14. Thymoma