ONCOLOGY

Building a Community-Based Cancer Center Program

Sep 27, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Building a Community-Based Cancer Center Program

Developing a successful cancer center within the community is achievable. This article provides an understanding of the standards and guidelines of the Commission on Cancer (CoC), the different community cancer…

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Surgical and Endoscopic Palliation of Advanced Lung Cancer

Sep 27, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Surgical and Endoscopic Palliation of Advanced Lung Cancer

Pulmonary symptoms from advanced-stage lung cancer often require palliative treatments for compassionate patient care. Although many of these symptoms can result from complications of advanced lung cancer treatment regimens (ie,…

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Role of Surgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Sep 27, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Role of Surgery in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Conventional treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is currently thoracic radiation and combination chemotherapy, and surgery has been traditionally stated to have little to no role in disease management….

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Surgical Staging for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Sep 27, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Surgical Staging for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

The treatment of non–small cell lung cancer is stage specific. Aggressive staging is associated with improved stage-specific prognosis. Available methods of surgical staging include scalene node biopsy, mediastinoscopy, anterior mediastinotomy,…

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