Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment: Early Stage
16 SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER TREATMENT: EARLY STAGE Victor van Berkel, MD, PhD • Neal E. Dunlap, MD • Matthew Fox, MD • Alden Klarer, MD, PhD • Kate Alyse…
ONCOLOGY
Pulmonary Carcinoid
22 PULMONARY CARCINOID Hamza Hashmi, MD A 65-year-old white man with a past medical history of hypertension (HTN) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents with persistent cough for the…
Economics of Lung Cancer
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Immunotoxicity
21 IMMUNOTOXICITY Amitoj Gill, MD • Rahul Gosain, MD This case involves a 68-year-old man diagnosed with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and adenocarcinoma histology with a programmed death…
The Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis of Lung Cancer
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History of Lung Cancer
1 HISTORY OF LUNG CANCER Goetz Kloecker, MD, MBA, MSPH, FACP A medical student reading about lung cancer notices that the number of lung cancer deaths has steadily increased worldwide….
Etiology of Lung Cancer
3 ETIOLOGY OF LUNG CANCER Goetz Kloecker, MD, MBA, MSPH, FACP • Brian Dong, MD • Rohit Kumar, MD Your 60-year-old female patient with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer never…
Prevention of Lung Cancer
9 PREVENTION OF LUNG CANCER Susanne M. Arnold, MD A 40-year-old African American male with a past medical history of hypertension and myocardial infarction and a 15 pack-year tobacco history…
Dermatologic Toxicities of Radiation Therapy
Introduction ■ Radiation dermatitis is one of the earliest known side effects of radiation. Almost all patients receiving radiation therapy have some changes in the skin. Acute and/or chronic skin…
Pulmonary Toxicities of Radiation Therapy
Introduction ■ Radiation is an integral component of many patients’ treatment regimens. The goal of radiation therapy is to deliver a dose to the target while sparing the normal tissue…
