The present monograph is a concise update of the current knowledge about non-small cell lung cancer, a common tumor that still carries a grim prognosis. This work emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary communication and interdisciplinary treatment concepts to improve survival of patients with this malignancy. The various contributions provide information about the increasing role of biologic tumor characteristics, novel diagnostic and therapeutic standards (interventional bronchoscopy, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy), and focus attention to the several unresolved issues that will need to be addressed in the future.
