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Controversies in Radiation Oncology pp 45–80Cite as

Lung Cancer and Other Thoracic Malignancies

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Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

Abstract

Lung cancer is the deadliest malignancy in the United States, and much research has been dedicated over the last many decades to improve patient outcomes. Smoking cessation education, lung cancer screening, improved diagnostic and functional imaging, improved surgical and radiation techniques, multimodality therapy, and targeted biologic and immunologic therapy have all lead to earlier detection of lung cancer and improved treatment resulting in improvements in overall survival. There are still many controversies that exist within each of these many aspects in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. This chapter is dedicated to the controversies that exist in the management and treatment of all aspects of lung cancer with additional discussion of the controversies regarding thymoma and malignant pleural mesothelioma.

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Harkenrider, M.M., Silva, S.R., Decker, R.H. (2017). Lung Cancer and Other Thoracic Malignancies. In: Lo, S., Teh, B., Jiang, GL., Mayr, N. (eds) Controversies in Radiation Oncology. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2017_27

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