Systemic Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

by Giuseppe Giaccone

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for about 85% of all cases of lung cancer. Most patients present with advanced disease and five-year survival is low at about 15%. Surgery is the main treatment for early stage disease. If patients are deemed inoperable, systemic chemotherapy is considered. For patients with locally advanced disease, multimodality therapy is administered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199580480
• ISBN13: 9780199580484
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.6"