1 online resource (97 pages) : color illustrations, digital file
Contents
Advances in pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor management / Kjell Öberg -- Classification / Mauro Papotti -- Molecular imaging & peptide receptor radionuclide therapy / Richard P. Baum, Harshad R. Kulkarni & Dieter Hörsch -- Biotherapy : somatostatin analogs and IFN-[alpha] / Dan Granberg -- Typical and atypical bronchial carcinoid tumors / Michael Beckles, Dalvinder Mandair, Christos Toumpanakis & Martyn Caplin -- Small-cell lung cancer and large-cell neuroendocrine tumors of the lung / David Planchard & Eric Baudin -- Thymic neuroendocrine tumors / Piero Ferolla -- Algorithm for management of bronchopulmonary neuroendocrine tumors / Kjell Öberg -- Index
Summary
Pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) account for approximately one-quarter of all malignant lung cancers, the vast majority being represented by small-cell lung carcinoma. This thorough overview of this challenging field from international experts explores the various existing and emerging treatment options across the NET spectrum together with approaches to diagnosis and monitoring of disease