Abstract
Lung cancer is still the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and non-small cell lung cancer accounts for 80% to 85% of all lung cancer cases. Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are the 3 modalities commonly used to treat patients with NSCLC and can be used either alone or in combination depending on the disease status. The 2006 NCCN Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Guidelines provide the latest updates in the management of this disease, including stage regrouping and changes in screening recommendations for high-risk patients and in treatment recommendations for several stages. In addition, principles of systemic therapy were expanded to include adjuvant treatment.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 548-582 |
Number of pages | 35 |
Journal | JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2006 |
Keywords
- Chemotherapy
- Lung cancer
- Multimodality therapy
- NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Radiation therapy
- Targeted therapy
- Thoracic surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology