Lung Cancer: Progress in Therapeutic Research

Muggia and Rozenweig have done a good job of compiling a book that provides an overview of the current research effort in the treatment of lung cancer. The book is divided into nine parts that review the current research in experimental animal tumor models of lung cancer, pathological diagnosis, biologic markers, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy in established disease as well as in an adjuvant setting, immunotherapy, and the therapeutic approach to small cell carcinoma. There are some exceptionally good sections in this book that should be required reading for medical oncologists; these include the chapters on experimental tumors, pathological diagnosis, Mountain's chapter on the surgical approach, and the treatment of small cell carcinoma. However, the section on biological markers was weak and of little relevance to the diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of lung cancer. Since many of the sections were written by various authors, the style and presentation of data varies;