BOOK
Lung Cancer: A Practical Approach to Evidence-Based Clinical Evaluation and Management
Lynn T. Tanoue | Frank C Detterbeck
(2018)
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Abstract
Get a quick, expert overview of the many key facets of lung cancer evaluation and management with this concise, practical resource by Drs. Lynn T. Tanoue and Frank Detterbeck. This easy-to-read reference presents a summary of today’s best evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and management in this critical area.
- Covers diagnosis and evaluation, treatment considerations, and comprehensive care options for patients with lung cancer.
- Provides insight on evidence for today’s best practices, as well as future directions in the field.
- Consolidates today’s evidence-based information on the clinical aspects of lung cancer into one convenient resource.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Front Cover | Cover | ||
Lung Cancer: A Practical Approach to Evidence-Based Clinical Evaluation and Management | i | ||
Lung Cancer: A Practical Approach to Evidence-Based Clinical Evaluation and Management | iii | ||
Copyright | iv | ||
List of Contributors | v | ||
Introduction | ix | ||
REFERENCES | x | ||
Contents | xi | ||
I - DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION | 1 | ||
1 - The Asymptomatic Patient With a Pulmonary Nodule | 1 | ||
INTRODUCTION | 1 | ||
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THE PULMONARY NODULE | 1 | ||
ETIOLOGY OF THE PULMONARY NODULE | 2 | ||
IMAGING OF PULMONARY NODULES | 2 | ||
DESCRIBING A PULMONARY NODULE | 2 | ||
The Solid Nodule | 2 | ||
The Subsolid Nodule | 5 | ||
DEFINING NODULE GROWTH | 7 | ||
ASSESSING CANCER RISK | 9 | ||
Patient Characteristics | 9 | ||
Computed Tomography | 9 | ||
Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography | 9 | ||
Models of Lung Cancer Risk: Historical Perspective | 10 | ||
Current Models | 10 | ||
Mayo Clinic67 | 10 | ||
Herder81 | 14 | ||
VA (Veterans' Administration)82 | 14 | ||
Peking University People's Hospital86,89 | 14 | ||
Brock83 | 14 | ||
Thoracic research evaluation and treatment calculator84 | 14 | ||
Bayesian inference malignancy calculator85 | 14 | ||
COMPARING RISK MODEL PERFORMANCE | 15 | ||
GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE PULMONARY NODULE | 16 | ||
COST ANALYSIS OF EVALUATION STRATEGIES | 17 | ||
Models of Cost-Effectiveness for the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule | 18 | ||
EVALUATION OF THE SUBCENTIMETER NODULE | 19 | ||
EVALUATION OF MULTIPLE NODULES | 25 | ||
Multiple Solid Nodules | 26 | ||
Multiple Ground-Glass Nodules | 26 | ||
Multiple Nodules With a Dominant Lesion | 26 | ||
METHODS TO DIAGNOSE THE SOLID PULMONARY NODULE (﹥8MM) | 26 | ||
Bronchoscopy-Guided Lung Biopsy | 26 | ||
Transthoracic Needle Lung Biopsy | 28 | ||
BIOMARKERS TO ASSESS THE PULMONARY NODULE | 28 | ||
Overview | 28 | ||
The Next Generation of Risk Stratification Models | 29 | ||
Quantifying Added Benefit | 29 | ||
THE FUTURE OF PULMONARY NODULE EVALUATION | 31 | ||
REFERENCES | 32 | ||
2 - Evaluation of the Patient With a Radiographic Abnormality Suspicious for Lung Cancer | 39 | ||
INTRODUCTION | 39 | ||
What Defines a Suspicious Nodule? | 39 | ||
Making a Clinical Diagnosis: What Tests Do I Order and Why? | 42 | ||
Methods of Tissue Acquisition | 43 | ||
How Do I Manage Intermediate-Risk Nodules? | 45 | ||
How Do I Evaluate High-Risk Nodules? | 46 | ||
Clinical example 1: The patient with an isolated lung nodule with high clinical suspicion of malignancy | 47 | ||
Clinical example 2: The patient with a lung nodule and hilar or mediastinal adenopathy by CT imaging, or the patient with a ... | 48 | ||
Clinical example 3: The patient with a suspicious lesion in the lung, with or without hilar or mediastinal adenopathy, and ... | 49 | ||
Clinical example 4: The patient in whom there is clinical suspicion of malignancy based on the index nodule with or without ... | 50 | ||
Clinical example 5: The patient with a high-risk lung nodule who is a high-risk surgical candidate | 51 | ||
Other Presentations of Lung Cancer | 51 | ||
CONCLUSION | 53 | ||
REFERENCES | 53 | ||
3 - The Eighth Edition Lung Cancer Stage Classification | 57 | ||
INTRODUCTION | 57 | ||
DERIVATION OF STAGE CLASSIFICATION | 57 | ||
INFORMING THE STAGE CLASSIFICATION | 57 | ||
STAGING PREFIXES | 58 | ||
Additional Notation | 59 | ||
TNM COMPONENTS | 59 | ||
T Component | 59 | ||
N Component | 61 | ||
M Component | 61 | ||
STAGE GROUPS | 61 | ||
THE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE-STAGE DESCRIPTORS AND THE STAGE DESIGNATION | 61 | ||
MULTIPLE PULMONARY SITES OF LUNG CANCER | 63 | ||
PRACTICE CONSIDERATIONS | 64 | ||
Caution: Revisions of Stage Classification | 64 | ||
Caution: Prognosis | 65 | ||
CONCLUSION | 65 | ||
REFERENCES | 65 | ||
II - TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS | 67 | ||
4 - Treatment of Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (Stage I and II) | 67 | ||
INTRODUCTION | 67 | ||
SURGICAL TREATMENT | 67 | ||
Surgical Principles | 67 | ||
Lobectomy | 68 | ||
Minimally invasive approach | 68 | ||
Lobectomy variations | 68 | ||
Pneumonectomy | 68 | ||
Segmentectomy | 68 | ||
Wedge Resection | 71 | ||
Brachytherapy with sublobar resection | 71 | ||
Lymph Node Evaluation | 71 | ||
THE ROLE OF ADJUVANT THERAPY IN EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER | 72 | ||
Adjuvant Chemotherapy | 72 | ||
N0 tumors ≤3cm (eighth ed. stage IA) | 72 | ||
N0 tumors ﹥3cm (eighth ed. stage T2,3,4 N0 M0) | 74 | ||
N1 tumors (eighth ed. stage T1-4 N1 M0) | 74 | ||
Adjuvant Radiation Therapy | 74 | ||
Tumors Invading the Chest Wall | 75 | ||
Adjuvant Therapy After Incomplete Resection | 75 | ||
THE ROLE OF SBRT FOR TREATMENT OF STAGE I NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER | 76 | ||
NONSURGICAL THERAPY IN STAGE II NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER | 78 | ||
SUMMARY | 78 | ||
REFERENCES | 78 | ||
5 - Curative Intent Treatment of Stage III Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer | 83 | ||
BACKGROUND | 83 | ||
STAGE CLASSIFICATION AND PATTERNS OF CARE | 83 | ||
TREATMENT FOR STAGE III NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER | 84 | ||
What Is the Natural History of Untreated Stage III Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer? | 84 | ||
What Is the Benefit of Combined Treatment With Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Stage III Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer? | 86 | ||
What Is the Optimal Chemotherapy Regimen? | 86 | ||
What Is the Optimal Radiation Dose and Technique? | 86 | ||
How Should Elderly or Poor Performance Status Patients Be Managed? | 89 | ||
What Is the Role of Consolidative Chemotherapy After Chemoradiation? | 89 | ||
What Is the Role of Induction Chemotherapy Before Chemoradiation? | 89 | ||
Is Radiation Better Than Observation? | 89 | ||
STAGE III NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER TREATMENT: SPECIAL SITUATIONS | 90 | ||
Discrete (Limited) Mediastinal Nodal Involvement | 90 | ||
T3N1 or T4N0/1 Disease (No Mediastinal Involvement) | 91 | ||
Superior Sulcus Tumors | 92 | ||
Infiltrative Stage III (N2-3) Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer | 92 | ||
ADJUVANT THERAPY AFTER SURGERY | 93 | ||
Adjuvant Chemotherapy | 93 | ||
Adjuvant Radiation Therapy | 93 | ||
SPECIAL TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS | 93 | ||
Isolated Chest Recurrence | 93 | ||
Prophylactic Cranial Radiation | 93 | ||
CONCLUSION | 95 | ||
REFERENCES | 95 | ||
6 - Management of Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Noncurative Intent Treatment | 99 | ||
INTRODUCTION | 99 | ||
CHEMOTHERAPY | 99 | ||
Platinum Selection—Carboplatin Versus Cisplatin | 99 | ||
Selection of the Second Cytotoxic Agent | 101 | ||
Nonsquamous histology | 101 | ||
Addition of bevacizumab | 101 | ||
Maintenance therapy | 101 | ||
Squamous histology | 102 | ||
Maintenance therapy | 102 | ||
Second-Line Chemotherapy | 102 | ||
All histologies: docetaxel with or without ramucirumab | 103 | ||
Nonsquamous histology: pemetrexed | 103 | ||
Squamous histology: afatinib | 103 | ||
TARGETED THERAPY | 103 | ||
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor | 103 | ||
First-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors | 103 | ||
Erlotinib | 103 | ||
Gefitinib | 104 | ||
Second-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor | 104 | ||
Choice of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor | 105 | ||
Resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors | 105 | ||
Osimertinib | 105 | ||
ALK Gene Rearrangement | 106 | ||
Crizotinib | 106 | ||
Next-generation ALK inhibitors | 106 | ||
Ceritinib | 106 | ||
Alectinib | 106 | ||
ROS1 | 107 | ||
Other Mutations | 107 | ||
BRAF | 107 | ||
IMMUNOTHERAPY | 107 | ||
PD-1/PD-L1 Pathway | 108 | ||
First-line immunotherapy | 108 | ||
Pembrolizumab | 108 | ||
Second-line immunotherapy | 110 | ||
Pembrolizumab | 110 | ||
Nivolumab | 110 | ||
Atezolizumab | 111 | ||
Anticytotoxic T-lymphocyte Antigen Pathway | 111 | ||
Immunotherapy Combinations | 111 | ||
SPECIAL SITUATIONS | 112 | ||
Oligometastatic Disease and Role of Local Therapy for a Discordantly Growing Single Site | 112 | ||
CONCLUSION | 112 | ||
REFERENCES | 112 | ||
7 - A Practical Approach to Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer | 117 | ||
DIAGNOSIS AND WORKUP | 117 | ||
SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER STAGING | 117 | ||
LIMITED-STAGE SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (BOX 7.1) | 118 | ||
Combined Chemoradiation for Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer With Nodal Disease | 118 | ||
Choice of Chemotherapy | 118 | ||
Optimal Duration of Chemotherapy | 118 | ||
Timing of Radiation | 118 | ||
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation | 119 | ||
Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer With No Nodal Involvement—The Role of Surgery | 119 | ||
EXTENSIVE-STAGE SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (BOX 7.2) | 119 | ||
First-Line Treatment | 119 | ||
Choosing carboplatin versus cisplatin in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer | 120 | ||
The role of other agents in combination with cisplatin for treatment of extensive-stage SCLC | 121 | ||
Role of Maintenance Treatment | 122 | ||
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation | 122 | ||
Risk associated with prophylactic cranial irradiation | 122 | ||
Role of Thoracic Radiation in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer | 123 | ||
Second-Line Treatment | 123 | ||
Topotecan | 123 | ||
Irinotecan | 123 | ||
Paclitaxel | 123 | ||
Temozolomide | 123 | ||
Immunotherapy | 124 | ||
NEW TREATMENTS ON THE HORIZON | 124 | ||
Advances in Understanding Small Cell Lung Cancer Biology | 126 | ||
REFERENCES | 126 | ||
8 - Special Types of Lung Cancer | 131 | ||
PANCOAST TUMORS | 131 | ||
Introduction | 131 | ||
Pathology | 131 | ||
Clinical Features | 132 | ||
Stage Classification | 132 | ||
Diagnostic Workup and Stage Evaluation | 132 | ||
Treatment | 133 | ||
Limitations to Resection | 134 | ||
Summary | 134 | ||
CARCINOID TUMORS | 134 | ||
Classification | 134 | ||
Paraneoplastic Syndromes | 135 | ||
Radiologic Features | 135 | ||
Positron emission tomography and octreotide scanning | 135 | ||
Clinical Diagnosis | 135 | ||
Clinical Workup and Treatment | 136 | ||
Central tumor cN0 | 137 | ||
Central tumor cN1/cN2 | 137 | ||
Peripheral tumor cN0 | 137 | ||
Peripheral tumor cN1 or N2 | 137 | ||
Prognosis | 137 | ||
Surgical Issues | 138 | ||
Surveillance | 138 | ||
Summary | 138 | ||
MULTIPLE PULMONARY SITES OF CANCER | 139 | ||
Classification | 139 | ||
Approach to Workup and Treatment | 141 | ||
General approach | 141 | ||
Second primary lung cancers | 141 | ||
Separate tumor nodules | 141 | ||
Multifocal ground-glass/lepidic lesions | 142 | ||
Pneumonic type of adenocarcinoma | 143 | ||
Summary | 143 | ||
REFERENCES | 143 | ||
9 - Follow-Up and Surveillance of the Lung Cancer Patient After Treatment | 147 | ||
INTRODUCTION | 147 | ||
FOLLOW-UP AND SURVEILLANCE AFTER CURATIVE-INTENT THERAPY FOR NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER | 147 | ||
Radiographic Surveillance Following Curative-Intent Surgery | 147 | ||
Computed tomography | 147 | ||
Functional imaging | 149 | ||
Other imaging modalities | 150 | ||
Radiographic Surveillance After Curative-Intent Radiation Therapy | 150 | ||
Radiographic surveillance after stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage lung cancer | 150 | ||
Radiographic Surveillance After Curative-Intent Treatment of Locally Advanced Lung Cancer | 152 | ||
ADDITIONAL SURVEILLANCE ISSUES AFTER CURATIVE-INTENT THERAPY | 152 | ||
Responsibility for Follow-Up and Surveillance | 152 | ||
Duration of Surveillance | 152 | ||
The Role of Tumor Markers | 153 | ||
CARCINOID TUMORS | 153 | ||
SUMMARY | 153 | ||
REFERENCES | 153 | ||
III - ORGANIZATION, QUALITY, AND EFFICIENCY OFCARE DELIVERY | 157 | ||
10 - Organization of Lung Cancer Care | 157 | ||
INTRODUCTION | 157 | ||
THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY THORACIC ONCOLOGY PROGRAM AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY TUMOR CONFERENCE | 158 | ||
Measuring the Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Care | 159 | ||
INVOLVING THE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER IN LUNG CANCER CARE | 160 | ||
PALLIATIVE MEDICINE | 161 | ||
INCORPORATING LUNG CANCER GUIDELINES | 162 | ||
PATIENT NAVIGATION | 162 | ||
Navigating the Care of the Complex Patient | 162 | ||
CONCLUSION | 163 | ||
REFERENCES | 163 | ||
11 - Achieving Better Quality of Lung Cancer Care | 167 | ||
INTRODUCTION | 167 | ||
EFFICIENCY OF PATIENT EVALUATION | 168 | ||
QUALITY OF DIAGNOSTIC AND CLINICAL STAGE EVALUATION TEST INTERPRETATION | 172 | ||
QUALITY OF DECISION-MAKING | 174 | ||
QUALITY OF PATHOLOGIC STAGE CLASSIFICATION | 174 | ||
COMPONENTS OF A HIGH-QUALITY TUMOR BOARD AND TUMOR BOARD DISCUSSION | 176 | ||
CONCLUSION | 177 | ||
REFERENCES | 178 | ||
IV - ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS OFCOMPREHENSIVE CARE | 183 | ||
12 - Tobacco Use Disorder and Treatment | 183 | ||
TOBACCO USE AND DISORDER | 183 | ||
TOBACCO USE AND LUNG CANCER RISK AND OUTCOMES | 183 | ||
ADDRESSING TOBACCO USE AND DISORDER IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS | 184 | ||
Model for Assessing and Treating Tobacco Use Disorder | 184 | ||
Treating Tobacco Use Disorder as a Chronic Disease | 186 | ||
Behavioral Interventions for Tobacco Use and Disorder | 188 | ||
Pharmacologic Interventions for Tobacco Use and Disorder | 188 | ||
Nicotine replacement therapy | 190 | ||
Varenicline | 191 | ||
Bupropion SR | 191 | ||
Combination therapy | 191 | ||
Special Treatment Considerations | 191 | ||
Pairing tobacco treatment with lung cancer screening | 191 | ||
TOBACCO TREATMENT FOR LUNG CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY, CHEMOTHERAPY, AND/OR RADIATION THERAPY | 192 | ||
Areas of Controversy—Tobacco Harm Reduction | 192 | ||
Electronic nicotine delivery systems/electronic cigarettes | 192 | ||
Snus | 193 | ||
SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS | 193 | ||
REFERENCES | 193 | ||
13 - Healthy Patients at Risk for Lung Cancer: Whether, How, and Who to Screen | 197 | ||
SHOULD I REFER PATIENTS FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING? | 197 | ||
Benefit | 197 | ||
Harms | 198 | ||
Balance | 199 | ||
WHO SHOULD I REFER FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING? | 200 | ||
HOW DO I DISCUSS THE BENEFIT AND HARMS OF LUNG CANCER SCREENING WITH MY PATIENTS? | 202 | ||
HOW SHOULD THE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN BE PERFORMED? | 202 | ||
HOW SHOULD THE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN BE REPORTED? | 203 | ||
HOW SHOULD SCREEN-DETECTED LUNG NODULES BE MANAGED? | 203 | ||
HOW SHOULD INCIDENTAL FINDINGS ON THE SCREENING EXAMINATION BE MANAGED? | 205 | ||
HOW SHOULD SMOKING CESSATION BE INCORPORATED INTO A LUNG CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM? | 205 | ||
HOW CAN YOU ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FOLLOW-UP AND ANNUAL SCREENING? | 205 | ||
HOW SHOULD YOU GET INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR YOUR SCREENING PROGRAM? | 206 | ||
SUMMARY | 206 | ||
REFERENCES | 206 | ||
14 - Symptom Management in Lung Cancer | 209 | ||
HOW DO YOU MANAGE CANCER PAIN? | 209 | ||
Special Circumstances: Bone Pain | 211 | ||
Special Circumstances: Brain Metastases | 211 | ||
HOW DO YOU APPROACH CANCER PATIENTS WITH DYSPNEA? | 212 | ||
How Do You Manage Dyspnea in Patients With Pleural Effusions? | 213 | ||
What Options Are Available to Relieve Symptomatic Central Airway Obstruction? | 214 | ||
How Do You Evaluate and Manage Pulmonary Toxicity From Cancer Treatment? | 215 | ||
Comorbid Cardiopulmonary Disease | 216 | ||
Narcotics for Dyspnea | 216 | ||
PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES | 216 | ||
SUMMARY | 218 | ||
REFERENCES | 218 | ||
15 - Diagnosis and Management of Treatment-Related Pulmonary Complications | 221 | ||
INTRODUCTION | 221 | ||
PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF MEDICAL THERAPIES FOR LUNG CANCER: SYSTEMIC CHEMOTHERAPY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY | 221 | ||
Signs and Symptoms of Drug-Induced Lung Disease | 223 | ||
The Role for Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Lung Biopsy | 223 | ||
MANAGEMENT OF DRUG-INDUCED PNEUMONITIS | 224 | ||
Conventional Chemotherapy Agents | 224 | ||
Cisplatin and carboplatin | 224 | ||
Pemetrexed | 225 | ||
Etoposide and teniposide | 225 | ||
Gemcitabine | 225 | ||
Paclitaxel and docetaxel | 225 | ||
Irinotecan and topotecan | 226 | ||
Other chemotherapy agents | 226 | ||
Antiangiogenic Therapy: Bevacizumab | 226 | ||
Genotype-Directed Targeted Therapies | 227 | ||
Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors | 227 | ||
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitors | 227 | ||
Other mutation-specific therapies | 228 | ||
Immunotherapy Agents: Nivolumab, Pembrolizumab, and Atezolizumab | 228 | ||
Epidemiology of immunotherapy-related lung disease | 229 | ||
Risk factors for immunotherapy-related lung disease | 229 | ||
Signs and symptoms of immunotherapy-induced lung disease | 229 | ||
General approach to diagnosis and management of immunotherapy-related pneumonitis | 230 | ||
COMPLICATIONS OF RADIATION THERAPY | 232 | ||
Signs and Symptoms of Radiation Therapy–Induced Lung Disease | 232 | ||
Risk Factors and Prevention | 235 | ||
General Approach to Management of Radiation Therapy–Related Pulmonary Toxicity | 235 | ||
SUMMARY | 236 | ||
REFERENCES | 237 | ||
V - PERSPECTIVES | 243 | ||
16 - Reflections on the Present and Future State of Lung Cancer Research and Management | 243 | ||
THE CHANGING NATURE OF LUNG CANCER | 243 | ||
CHANGES IN EPIDEMIOLOGY | 244 | ||
CHANGES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH | 245 | ||
CHALLENGES WE FACE TODAY AND TOMORROW | 247 | ||
WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US? | 247 | ||
REFERENCES | 248 | ||
Index | 251 | ||
A | 251 | ||
B | 252 | ||
C | 252 | ||
D | 253 | ||
E | 254 | ||
F | 254 | ||
G | 254 | ||
H | 254 | ||
I | 255 | ||
J | 255 | ||
K | 255 | ||
L | 255 | ||
M | 256 | ||
N | 257 | ||
O | 257 | ||
P | 258 | ||
Q | 259 | ||
R | 259 | ||
S | 259 | ||
T | 260 | ||
U | 261 | ||
V | 261 | ||
W | 262 | ||
X | 262 | ||
Z | 262 |