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Full Description
Lung cancer is primarily a disease of well-developed affluent countries. It is by far the most common cancer in men and is poised to overtake breast cancer as the most common cancer in women. Yet, although it is common, preventable, and sometimes curable, very little information is available about what happens when you get it - which is when accessible information is most needed. In a clear, non-emotive style, this revised and updated new edition provides the answers to the questions patients with lung cancers or those involved with them are likely to ask. The first section describes the causes (and includes a chapter on stopping smoking), diagnosis, and regression of the disease. There follows a section on the curative and symptomatic treatments available for the different types of lung cancer; and the third section, new for this edition, discusses the future prospects for the disease and its treatment. Also included are a glossary, a list of furthe reading, and a list of addresses of organization which can provide help and advice.
Contents
Part 1 Lung cancer: what is lung cancer?; who gets lung cancer?; what causes lung cancer?; stopping smoking; how is lung cancer diagnosed?; tests used to stage lung cancer. Part 2 Treatment: treatment of non-small-cell cancer; treatment of small-cell lung cancer; treatment of other lung tumours; other methods of treatment; treatment of the symptoms and complications of lung cancer; talking about lung cancer. Part 3 The future: clinical trials; future prospects in lung cancer; the new biology. Appendix: Sources of help.
