Gridelli, Cesare
Management of Lung Cancer in Older People
Part I. Background and Epidemiology
1. Basic Science of Lung Cancer in Older Patients
Morena Fasano, Flavia Cantile, Floriana Morgillo, Fortunato Ciardiello
2. Clinical Epidemiology and the Impact of Comorbidity on Treatment and Outcome
Maryska L. G. Janssen-Heijnen
Part II. Special Considerations in the Management of Older Patients
3. Physiological Assessment and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Paul P. Walker, Malcolm West, Michael P. W. Grocott, Sandy Jack
4. A Practical Mini-Guide to Geriatric Assessment
Siri Rostoft Kristjansson
5. Impact of the Physiological Effects of Aging on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Systemic Lung Cancer Treatment
Antonio Rossi, Dario Cova, Silvana Leo, Lazzaro Repetto
6. Drug Interactions and Polypharmacy
Silvana Leo, Dario Cova, Antonio Rossi, Lazzaro Repetto
Part III. Diagnostics
7. Selection of Appropriate Surgery for Early Lung Cancer
Michael T. Jaklitsch, Weston Sacco
Part IV. Non Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Treatment of Early Stages
8. Surgery: Indications and Issues
Lorenzo Spaggiari, Domenico Galetta
9. Is There a Role for Postoperative Radiotherapy in Elderly Patients with Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?
Nicolas Girard, Françoise Mornex
10. Is There a Role for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Older Patients?
Alejandro Navarro, Enriqueta Felip
11. Curative Radiotherapy in Patients Inoperable for Medical Reasons
Naomi E. Verstegen, Suresh Senan
Part V. Non Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Treatment of Locally Advanced Disease
12. Adjuvant Chemotherapy: Feasibility in the Elderly and Patient Selection
Alejandro Navarro, Enriqueta Felip
13. Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Elderly: What Combination of Therapy Is Best?
Steven E. Schild
Part VI. Non Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Treatment of Advanced Disease
14. First-Line Treatment and the New Paradigm of Histology-Based Treatment
Cesare Gridelli, Antonio Rossi, Paolo Maione
15. Treatment of Frail Patients and Octogenarians with Advanced NSCLC
Cesare Gridelli, Paolo Maione, Antonio Rossi
16. Are Second- and Third-Line Treatments in the Elderly Feasible?
Cesare Gridelli, Antonio Rossi, Paolo Maione
Part VII. Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Therapeutics
17. Treatment of Limited-Stage Disease in Older Patients: The Role of Thoracic Radiotherapy and Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation
Rovel J. Colaco, Anna P. Britten, Fiona H. Blackhall, Corinne Faivre-Finn
18. Chemotherapy in the Elderly: Standard Chemotherapy or Specific Regimens?
Paul Wheatley-Price, Frances A. Shepherd
Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Oncology, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Surgical Oncology
- Author(s)
- Gridelli, Cesare
- Audisio, Riccardo A
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 2013
- Page amount
- 13 pages
- Category
- Medicine, Health Care, Mode
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780857297938