M. Patricia Rivera – författare

This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest-edited by Dr. M. Patricia Rivera, is the first of two issues focused on Lung Cancer. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to:�Lung Cancer in the 21st Century; Epidemiology, Etiology, and Prevention; Lung Cancer in Women: A Modern Epidemic; Primary Prevention of Lung Cancer: Tobacco Treatment;�The Biology of Lung Cancer: Development of More Effective Methods for Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment; Pathology of Lung Cancer; Lung Cancer Screening: Patient Selection and Implementation; The Approach to the Subsolid Nodule; Bronchoscopic Diagnostic Procedures Available to the Pulmonologist;� Bronchoscopic Therapeutic Procedures Available to the Pulmonologist; and Biomarkers in Lung Cancer.

This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest-edited by Dr. M. Patricia Rivera, is the second of two issues focused on Lung Cancer. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to:�Lung Cancer TNM Staging: The 8th Edition;�New Surgical Approaches in the Treatment of NSCLC;�Alternatives to Surgery for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Stereotactic Radiotherapy;�Alternatives to Surgery for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Thermal Ablation;�Advances in the Treatment of Stage III NSCLC;�Advances in Treatment of NSCLC: Targeted Therapy; Advances in the Treatment of NSCLC: Immunotherapy;�Treatment of Oligometastatic Disease in NSCLC;�Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions;�Advances in the Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer;�Palliative Care and the Role of the Primary Care Physician in Lung Cancer Care;�Pulmonary Complications of Immunotherapy; and Pulmonary Complications of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy.

to provide comprehensive evidence-based information on the following topics: lung cancer screening and prevention, approach to lung nodules, diagnosis and staging of lung cancer, treatment of lung cancer, pleural disease in lung cancer, and treatment complications;