Advances in Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer

1. Molecular Biology and Genetics of Lung Cancer
Dusan Milanovic

2. Angiogenesis and Lung Cancer
Wenyin Shi, Dietmar W. Siemann

3. Interventional Pulmonology
Branislav Perin, Bojan Zarić, Heinrich D. Becker

4. Pathology of Lung Cancer
Mary Beth Beasley

5. Radiologic Imaging of Lung Cancer
Palmi Shah, James L. Mulshine

6. PET/CT for Staging and Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
Sigrid Stroobants

7. Surgical Staging of Lung Cancer for Advances in Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer
Farhood Farjah, Valerie W. Rusch

8. Lung Cancer Surgery
Sidhu P. Gangadharan, Walter J. Lech, David J. Sugarbaker

9. Radiation Response of the Normal Lung Tissue and Lung Tumors
Hiromitsu Iwata, Taro Murai, Yuta Shibamoto

10. Radiation Time, Dose, and Fractionation in the Treatment of Lung Cancer
Daniel Gomez, Melenda D. Jeter, Ritsuko Komaki, James D. Cox

11. 3D Radiation Treatment Planning and Execution
Mary K. Martel

12. Four-dimensional Radiation Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Clinical Perspective
Max Dahele, Johan Cuijpers, Suresh Senan

13. PET and PET/CT in Treatment Planning
Michael P. Mac Manus, Rodney J. Hicks

14. Target Volume Definition in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lucyna Kepka, Milena Kolodziejczyk

15. The Radiation Target in Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Gregory M. M. Videtic

16. Radiation Sensitizers
Anthony M. Brade, Zishan Allibhai

17. Radioprotectors and Chemoprotectors in the Management of Lung Cancer
Ritsuko Komaki, Zhongxing Liao, James D. Cox, Kathy A. Mason, Luka Milas

18. Systemic Therapy for Lung Cancer for the Radiation Oncologist
Chandra P. Belani

19. Combined Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy: Theoretical Considerations and Biological Premises
Branislav Jeremic, Dusan Milanovic, Nenad Filipovic

20. Radiotherapy and Second Generation Drugs
Michael Geier, Nicolaus Andratschke

21. Radiotherapy and Third Generation Concurrent Chemotherapy Agents
Ross Bland, Puneeth Iyengar, Hak Choy

22. Conventional Radiation Therapy in Early Stage Non-small-cell Lung Cancer
Branislav Jeremić, Sinisa Stanic, Slobodan Milisavljevic

23. Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Early Stage Lung Cancer
John H. Heinzerling, Robert D. Timmerman

24. Postoperative Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Carcinoma
Ellen Kim, Mitchell Machtay

25. PDT-Lung
Ron R. Allison

26. The Role of Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Stage 1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
John M. Varlotto, Julia A. Shelkey, Rickhesvar P. Mahraj

27. Lung Dose Escalation
Bradford S. Hoppe, Kenneth E. Rosenzweig

28. Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Nonsmall-Cell Lung Cancer
Branislav Jeremić, Francesc Casas, Asuncion Hervas-Moron

29. Tri-Modality Therapy in Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Jan P. Meerbeeck, Elke Vandenbroucke

30. Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation
Jason Francis Lester

31. Palliative External Beam Thoracic Radiation Therapy of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Stein Sundstrøm

32. Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer: Methodology (Electrons or Brachytherapy), Clinical Experiences and Long-Term Institutional Results
Felipe A. Calvo, Javier Aristu, Sergey Usychkin, Leire Arbea, Rosa Cañón, Ignacio Azinovic, Rafael Martinez-Monge

33. Brachytherapy for Lung Cancer
A. Polo, M. Castro, A. Montero, P. Navío

34. Limited-Disease Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Branislav Jeremić, Željko Dobrić, Francesc Casas

35. Radiation Therapy in Extensive Disease Small Cell Lung Cancer
Branislav Jeremić, Luhua Wang

36. Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Michael C. Stauder, Yolanda I. Garces

37. Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer in Elderly
Branislav Jeremić, Željko Dobrić

38. Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Disease
Branislav Jeremić, Jai Prakash Agarwal, Sherif Abdel-Wahab

39. Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Disease
Dirk Rades

40. Advances in Supportive and Palliative Care for Lung Cancer Patients
Michael J. Simoff

41. Hematological Toxicity in Lung Cancer
Francesc Casas, Ferran Ferrer, Núria Viñolas

42. Radiation-Induced Lung and Heart Toxicity
Liyi Xie, Xiaoli Yu, Zeljko Vujaskovic, Mitchell S. Anscher, Timothy D. Shafman, Keith Miller, Robert Prosnitz, Lawrence Marks

43. Spinal Cord Toxicity
Timothy E. Schultheiss

44. Radiation Therapy-Related Toxicity: Esophagus
Voichita Bar Ad, Maria Werner-Wasik

45. Brain Toxicity
C. Nieder

46. Quality of Life Outcomes in Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer
M. Salim Siddiqui, Farzan Siddiqui, Benjamin Movsas

47. Prognostic Factors in Lung Cancer
Frank B. Zimmermann

48. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy and Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy for Lung Cancer
Inga S. Grills, Victor S. Mangona

49. Image-Guided Robotic Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Lung Tumors: The CyberKnife
Billy W. Loo, Iris C. Gibbs

50. Advances in Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer
Deepak Khuntia, Minesh P. Mehta

51. Image-Guided Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer
Percy Lee, Patrick Kupelian

52. Proton Therapy for Lung Cancer: State of the Science
David A. Bush

53. Carbon Ion Radiotherapy in Hypo-Fractionation Regimen and Single Dose for Stage I Non-small-Cell Lung Cancer
T. Miyamoto, N. Yamamoto, M. Baba, T. Kamada

54. Novel Cytotoxic Agents in Combination with Radiation in the Management of Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Focus on Pemetrexed and Nab-Paclitaxel [Abraxane]
Corey J. Langer

55. Novel Targeted Agents and Radiopharmaceuticals in Lung Cancer
Martin J. Edelman, Nadia Ijaz

56. Translational Research in Lung Cancer
Deepinder Singh, Kevin Bylund, Yuhchyau Chen

57. Clinical Research in Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer: Why We Fail(ed)?
Branislav Jeremić

58. Pitfalls in the Design, Analysis, Presentation, and Interpretation of Randomized Clinical Trials
Richard Stephens

59. New Directions in the Evaluation and Presentation of Clinical Research in Lung Cancer
Noelle O’Rourke, Fergus Macbeth, Elinor Thompson

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Imaging / Radiology, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Thoracic Surgery, Pneumology/Respiratory System