Lung Cancer / Edition 3

by Stephen Falk, Chris Williams

Overview

Lung cancer is the most common cancer affecting the industrialized world and affects the lives of thousands of people, including patients' friends and family, every year. The most common cause of lung cancer is long-term exposure to tobacco smoke. The occurrence of lung cancer in non-smokers, who account for as many as 15% of cases, is often attributed to a combination of genetic factors, radon gas, asbestos, and air pollution, including secondhand smoke.

The aim of this book is to give, in a clear and simple way, succinct information about all aspects of this type of cancer, with a stress on the practical side of its treatment. The book also details how care is likely to be organized and what patients can do to help themselves, both if they have the disease and also how to stop smoking.

Fully updated for this third edition, the book includes information on getting the best treatment and living with cancer, both of which are new approaches to the disease in the UK.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199569335
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	The ^AFacts Series
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Stephen Falk is a consultant clinical oncologist based in Bristol with sessional commitments to Yeovil. Major clinical interests are thoracic and gastro-intestinal malignancies. Interest in research was stimulated as a MRC Clinical Scientist in Norman Bleehens' unit in Cambridge where the MRC cancer trials unit was situated at the time. A MD related to lung cancer and scheduling of topoisomerase poisons with and without radiation is the basis of an on-going interest in chemo-radiation interactions.

He is lead doctor for Clinical Oncology in Bristol and clinical lead for research and development within the Bristol Haematology and Oncology centre and for the National Cancer Research Network locally in Avon Somerset and Wiltshire. He is also a member of the NCRI upper GI studies committees. Increasing research management activity is reflected in his current role as co-clinical director of the UK comprehensive local research network western.

Table of Contents

Part 1 - About lung cancer1. What is lung cancer? 2. Who gets lung cancer? 3. What causes lung cancer? 4. Stopping smoking5. How is lung cancer diagnosed? 6. Tests used to stage lung cancerPart 2 - Treatment7. Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer8. Treatment of small cell lung cancer9. Treatment of other lung tumours10. Other methods of treatment11. Treatment of the symptoms and complications of lung cancerPart 3 - Dealing with lung cancer12. Getting the best treatment13. Living with cancer14. Clinical trials15. Future prospectsAppendix - Sources of help, information and adviceGlossary

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Celeste Taylor-Ryman, BSN, CPON (University of New Mexico Hospital)
Description: This succinct presentation of the diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment of lung cancer can be a reference for patients with lung cancer or their family members. It is one in a series of books from the U.K. that discuss a medical diagnosis in a short, factual manner. The first edition was published in 1984.
Purpose: The aim is to give quite detailed information, in a clear and simple way, about all aspects of lung cancer, with an emphasis on the practical side of its treatment.
Audience: The book is a good source of teaching material for patients with lung cancer and their families, nursing students, medical students, and anyone who has an interest in the disease.
Features: In a concise, organized way, the book presents the pathophysiology, epidemiology, side effects, and treatments of lung cancer. Graphs and pictures, as well as their explanations, are easy to understand. The chapter on dealing with lung cancer provides good information on getting the best treatment and lists resources in the U.K.
Assessment: This is a great resource for someone who is newly diagnosed with lung cancer and a great help for the practitioner who can use it as a teaching aid.

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