Lung cancer
Принять участиеObjectives: Increase doctors' alertness to dangerous diseases
Tasks: to know the risk factors for lung cancer other than smoking, the incidence rate and causes of late diagnosis, distribution of lung cancer and its histopathology.
Lung cancer is the most frequent malignant tumour with the highest mortality rate around the world, leading to greater than a million deaths annually. Pathologic features of lung cancer, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of patients with the different lung malignancies are discussed in the appropriate modules.
Профессорско-преподавательский состав
Mr Vladimir Anikin
Mr Vladimir Anikin is a consultant thoracic surgeon at Harefield Hospital. He has expertise in all areas of thoracic and oesophageal surgery.
Модули программы обучения
Lung cancer: history, incidence, risk factors, classification
What are the risk factors for lung cancer other than smoking? What are the features of lung cancer in non-smokers? What are the causes of late diagnosis? Features of distribution of lung cancer and its histopathology.
Lung cancer: non-invasive methods of diagnosis
Different non-invasive methods of diagnosis in management of patients with lung cancer and examples of images
