Lung Cancer 2021, Part 2, an Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics
by Shamji
Outside of randomized experiments, association does not imply causation, and yet there is nothing defective about our knowledge that smoking causes lung cancer, a conclusion reached in the absence of randomized experimentation with humans. How is that possible? If observed associations do not identify causal effects in observational studies, how can a sequence of such associations become decisive? Two or more associations may each be susceptible to unmeasured biases, yet not susceptible to the...
Social Disparities in Thoracic Surgery, an Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, E-Book (Clinics: Internal Medicine, #32)
Lung Cancer 2021, Part 2, an Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, E-Book (Clinics: Surgery, #31)
DeVita, Hellman & Rosenberg's Cancer
by Vincent T. DeVita Jr., Steven A Rosenberg, and Theodore S. Lawrence
Social Disparities in Thoracic Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics (Clinics: Internal Medicine, #32)
In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Editor Cherie Erkmen brings considerable expertise to the topic of social disparities in thoracic surgery. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as social disparities in lung cancer, population health, esophageal cancer, benign lung diseases, and more. Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on social disparities in thoracic surgery, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely,...
Escin's Therapeutic Effect on Lung Cancer HIF and Sirtuin Roles
by Chermakani P
Therapeutic Strategies to Overcome ALK Resistance in Cancer (Cancer Sensitizing Agents for Chemotherapy)
Therapeutic Strategies to Overcome ALK Resistance in Cancer, Volume 13, presents current strategies to improve and prolong clinical benefit in ALK driven cancers. Most patients with ALK-driven cancer are sensitive to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy, but resistance invariably develops. This book discusses topics such as structure and function of ALK, ALK rearranged lung cancer, resistance mechanisms to ALK TKI tumors, and novel therapeutic strategies to enhance crizotinib anti-tumor effic...
Handbook of Therapeutic Biomarkers in Cancer
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fast-evolving subject of clinical application of cancer therapeutic biomarkers. The second edition captures significant progress of cancer immunotherapy and emphasizes the genetic basis for selective cancer treatment. It covers an in-depth insight on biomarkers across a broad area of cancer research and oncology with a wealth of integrated genetic and molecular information about specific therapies by a multidisciplinary team of internationally r...
Bonnie Addario, chair of the leading lung cancer foundation in the country and a survivor herself, profiles twenty men and women battling advanced lung cancer. Lung Cancer. The mere words strike fear in all of us—fear of the diagnosis, the treatment, and the ultimate prognosis. Where is the hope? It can be found in The Living Room by Bonnie Addario, a seventeen-year survivor of stage 3B lung cancer who established the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation in 2006 along with the Addario L...
