Guidelines on the radical management of patients with lung cancer

Thorax. 2010 Oct:65 Suppl 3:iii1-27. doi: 10.1136/thx.2010.145938.

Abstract

A joint initiative by the British Thoracic Society and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland was undertaken to update the 2001 guidelines for the selection and assessment of patients with lung cancer who can potentially be managed by radical treatment.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Ireland
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Patient Selection
  • Pneumonectomy / methods
  • Respiratory Function Tests / methods
  • United Kingdom