Screening for Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is a global health burden and is among the most common and deadliest of all malignancies worldwide. The goal of screening programs is to detect tumors in earlier,…
Classification and Pathology of Lung Cancer
Advancement in the understanding of lung tumor biology enables continued refinement of lung cancer classification, reflected in the recently introduced 2015 World Health Organization classification of lung cancer. In small…
Epidemiology of Lung Cancer
Lung cancer has been transformed from a rare disease into a global problem and public health issue. The etiologic factors of lung cancer become more complex along with industrialization, urbanization,…
Lung Cancer
Mark J. Krasna, MD, Editor Welcome to the Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America . This issue has been dedicated to an update on Lung Cancer, and again, I thank…
Lung Cancer
Nicholas J. Petrelli, MD, FACS, Consulting Editor This issue of the Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America is devoted to lung cancer. The guest editor is Mark J Krasna, MD….
Chemotherapy
Since preoperative chemotherapy has been clearly shown to improve outcomes for patients with Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and osteosarcoma, practitioners have attempted to extend the use of adjuvant/neoadjuvant chemotherapy to other…
Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis
Desmoid-type fibromatosis is a rare nonmetastasizing neoplasm with variable behavior. Recent discoveries into the biology of this disease hold promise for identifying prognostic and predictive features and novel therapeutic targets….
Radiation Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Soft tissue sarcomas are rare mesenchymal cancers that pose a treatment challenge. Although small superficial soft tissue sarcomas can be managed by surgery alone, adjuvant radiotherapy in addition to limb-sparing…
Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare dermal soft tissue sarcoma characterized by a typically indolent clinical course. The greatest clinical challenge in management of DFSP is achieving local control. There…
Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is the sixth most common type of soft tissue sarcoma. Most MPNSTs arise in association with a peripheral nerve or preexisting neurofibroma. Neurofibromatosis type…
