Nonsmall cell lung cancer

Abstract

The objective of this review is to report the Clinical Year in Review proceedings in the field of nonsmall cell lung cancer that were presented at the 2012 European Respiratory Society Congress in Vienna, Austria. Various topics were reviewed, including epidemiology, screening, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and palliative and end of life care.

Keywords

• Chemotherapy
• epidemiology
• lung cancer
• screening
• thoracic surgery
• tyrosine kinase inhibitor