Medical Reference related to Lung cancer

1. Pancoast tumour
   

   Pancoast tumours are lung cancer tumours that form at the extreme apex (very top) of either lung in the superior sulcus (a shallow furrow on the surface of the lung) and proceed to invade the top of the chest wall.

2. Lung cancer treatment
   

   Learn more about the various treatments for lung cancer, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

3. What is lung cancer?
   

   Learn more about lung cancer from our experts.

4. Radiotherapy to the head for small-cell lung cancer
   

   This information about radiotherapy to the head for small-cell lung cancer is for people with small-cell lung cancer, both limited stage and extensive stage.

5. Chemotherapy plus radiotherapy for small-cell lung cancer
   

   This information is for people with small-cell lung cancer that is only on one side of the chest.

6. Gefitinib and erlotinib for non-small-cell lung cancer
   

   This information is for people with non-small-cell lung cancer that can't be operated on. Gefitinib and erlotinib are two new drugs that work in a different way from chemotherapy. Do they work?

7. Surgery
   

   Some people with lung cancer may be suitable for surgery. The aim is to take out all the cancer cells so that the cancer doesn't come back or spread to other part of the body.

8. Other ways doctors give radiotherapy
   

   Radiotherapy involves using X-rays to attack cancer cells. There are several different ways of giving radiotherapy to people with lung cancer.

9. Radiotherapy plus chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer
   

   This information about radiotherapy plus chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer is for people who have non-small-cell lung cancer that hasn't spread beyond the chest (stage 3 lung cancer) but can't be operated on.

10. Chemotherapy for metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
    

    This information is for people with non-small-cell lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. It's known as stage 4 disease.