Lung cancer The diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer

Lung cancer
The diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer
Issued: April 2011
NICE clinical guideline 121
guidance.nice.org.uk/cg121
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Contents
Introduction..................................................................................................................................4
Patient-centred care.....................................................................................................................6
Key priorities for implementation..................................................................................................7
1 Guidance...................................................................................................................................9
1.1 Access to services and referral.........................................................................................................9
1.2 Communication.................................................................................................................................11
1.3 Diagnosis and staging.......................................................................................................................12
1.4 Treatment.........................................................................................................................................17
1.5 Palliative interventions and supportive and palliative care................................................................25
1.6 Follow-up and patient perspectives...................................................................................................27
2 Notes on the scope of the guidance..........................................................................................29
3 Implementation.........................................................................................................................30
4 Research