Claudia I. Henschke, Ph.D., M.D., and Peggy McCarthy

Lung Cancer

Contents

An Important Message for Readers
Acknowledgments

Part I: The Changing Face of Lung Cancer
Chapter 1 New Information That Could Save Your Life
Chapter 2 Clearing the Air about Guilt

Part II The Basics
Chapter 3 How Your Lungs Work
Chapter 4 When Cancer Intrudes

Part III Beating Your Risk Factors
Chapter 5 Now You Can Find It Early
Chapter 6 Who's at Risk?
Chapter 7 Encouraging News for Smokers

Part IV When Lung Cancer Strikes
Chapter 8 Diagnosis and Staging
Chapter 9 Coping with the News

Part V Taking Charge of Treatment
Chapter 10 Preparing for Effective Treatment
Chapter 11 Surgery
Chapter 12 Chemotherapy
Chapter 13 Radiation Therapy
Chapter 14 Getting Access to the Latest Treatments
Chapter 15 Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Part VI Living with Lung Cancer
Chapter 16 Treatment is Finished - Now What?
Chapter 17 Optimizing the Quality of Your Life
Chapter 18 A Message for Caregivers
Chapter 19 The Practicalities
Chapter 20 It's Never Too Late to Hope

Afterword
Glossary
Index