The purpose of the textbook, Tumors of the Chest: Biology, Diagnosis and Management, is to meticulously depict all aspects of chest tumors in a comprehensive volume format that encompasses their biology, clinical presentation and management. Lung cancer and chest malignancies demand complicated therapeutical procedures without a guaranteed cure, cause agonizing side effects and mean immense suffering for the patients and their families. Over the last decade lung cancer became the providence of the scientific specialities involved:oncology, radiology, radiotherapy, palliative, epidemiology, biology. The internationally renowned authors provide in this book a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of their experience with the latest advances in these fields. Also covered are the wide-ranging topics of management in the elderly, chemoprevention, along with ethical, social and economic issues.

Section I: Epidemiology and Etiology of Lung Cancer

Section II: Preclinical Investigation of Lung Cancer.-Section III: Clinical Evaluation of Lung Cancer
Section IV: Management of Localised Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Section V: Management of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Section VI: Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer
Section VII: Novel Therapeutic Modalities in the Management of Lung Cancer
Section VIII: Mesothelioma
Sectio IX: Pallitaion Lung Cancer Patients
Section X : Social Issues in the Management of Lung Cancer.