title: [Lung cancer--epidemiology, prognosis and therapy].
abstract: Lung cancer is one of the most common cancer diagnoses, sadly with a bad prognosis. The main risk factor is smoking. There are two major types of lung cancer: non-small cell lung cancer und small cell lung cancer. The difference is important for prognosis and therapy. The prognosis for patients with small-cell lung cancer is worse; the treatment is based on chemotherapy. In patients with non-small cell lung cancer surgery and radiotherapy are more important.
authors.affiliation: Redaktion Medizinische Monatsschrift fur Pharmazeuten, Stuttgart. bmartini@deutscher-apotheker-verlag.de
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martini
mesh_terms: D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors