Lung Cancer 2021, Part 2, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Timely, relevant discussions on lung cancer

Farid M. Shamji (Edited by)

9780323793438, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 2 November 2021

240 pages
28 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg

In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Editor Farid Shamji brings considerable expertise to the topic of Lung Cancer in this second issue covering this topic. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as biological treatments, improving anesthesia safety in pulmonary resection for lung cancer, history of surgical instruments in thoracic surgery, The Hemithorax – the empty chest syndrome, and more.

Guiding Principles on the Importance of Thoracic Surgical Education on Establishing Integrated Thoracic Surgery Program, Interdisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Conferences, and an Interdisciplinary Approach to Management of Thoracic Malignancies
Assessment of Operability and Resectability in Lung Cancer
Complications of Chest Wall Resection in Conjunction with Pulmonary Resection
Systemic Therapy in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer and the Role of Biomarkers in Selection of Treatment
Sepsis in the Postpneumonectomy Space: Pathogenesis, Recognition, and Management
Delays in Managing Lung Cancer: The Importance of Fast-Tracking in the Clinical Care
The Lymphatic Spread of Lung Cancer: An Investigation of the Anatomy of the Lymphatic Drainage of the Lungs and Preoperative Mediastinal Staging
Standardized Postoperative Adverse Event Data Collection to Document, Inform, and Improve Patient Care
The History and Evolution of Surgical Instruments in Thoracic Surgery
Superior Vena Cava Resection and Reconstruction with Resection of Primary Lung Cancer and Mediastinal Tumor
Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Lung
Aerogenous Metastasis and Spread Through the Air Spaces – Distinct Entities or Spectrum of the Same Process?
Controversies in Lung Cancer: When to Resect with Compromised Pulmonary Function
Medical Audit to Improve the Quality of Patient Care in Thoracic Surgery
Anesthetic Management for Pulmonary Resection: Current Concepts and Improving Safety of Anesthesia
Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Lung Cancers: Manifestations of Ectopic Endocrinological Syndromes and Neurologic Syndromes

Subject Areas: Cardiothoracic surgery [MNH]