The Animated Atlas of Lung Cancer is a comprehensive collection of animated videos pertaining to the types of lung cancer, causes, progression, staging and diagnosis, and treatment options depending on the type and stage of cancer.
Table of contents
1. Types, Complications and Staging
1. Lung cancer
2. Small cell carcinoma
3. Non-small cell lung cancer
4. Squamous cell carcinoma
5. Adenocarcinoma
6. Large cell carcinoma
7. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma
8. Clear cell adenocarcinoma
9. Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
10. Signet-ring adenocarcinoma
11. Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
12. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
13. Basaloid carcinoma
14. Adenosquamous carcinoma
15. Mesothelioma
16. Carcinoid lung tumors
17. Superior vena cava obstruction
18. Pleural effusion
19. TNM staging of lung cancer
2. Causes and Diagnosis
1. Lung cancer and IGF (insulin like growth factor)
2. Elevated levels of alkaline phosphatase in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
3. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and angiogenesis
4. TGF-β as tumor suppressor gene and oncogene
5. Over-expression of EGF (epidermal growth factor) and angiogenesis
6. JAK/STAT (janus-activated kinases/signal transducers and activators of transcription) pathway and lung cancer
7. Retinoids and EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor)
8. Detection of EGFR mutation in lung cancer
9. Superior sulcus tumors and Horner’s syndrome
10. VEGF and angiogenesis in lung cancer
11. Tobacco smoke carcinogens and lung cancer
12. COX-2 and lung cancer
13. Invasion and metastasis due to up-regulation of matrix metalloproteinases
14. Akt activation in lung cancer
15. Retinoic acid receptor-β (RAR-β) and lung cancer
16. Role of cytokines in lung cancer
17. Ln5 genes in lung cancer
18. Fine needle aspiration of supraclavicular node or metastatic site
19. Transbronchial needle aspiration (TNBA) of mediastinal lymph node
20. Thoracoscopic biopsy
21. Carcinogen derived biomarkers and lung cancer
3. Treatment options
1. Surgical resection of cancerous tumor
2. Cryosurgery
3. Interferon alpha in the treatment of lung cancer
4. Brachytherapy
5. Hyperthermia
6. Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery
7. Stereotatic body radiotherapy for lung cancer
8. Use of platinum-based drugs in treating non-small cell lung cancer
9. Use of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in peripheral tumors
10. Excision repair cross-complementation group-1(ERCCG-1) and resistance to platinum
11. Ribonucleotide reductase subunit-1 (RRM1) and resistance to antimetabolite and platinum
12. KRAS mutation and resistance to monoclonal antibody therapy in non-small cell lung cancer
13. Anti-insulin like growth factor-1 receptor antibody for treating non-small cell lung cancer
14. Use of photodynamic therapy in lung cancer
15. Targeted genetic therapy for lung cancer
16. Use of COX-2 inhibitors for adenocarcinoma
17. Radiation therapy
18. Advantages of combined chemoradiation therapy
19. Combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
20. EGFR inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer
21. Targeting VEGF and VEGFR to inhibit angiogenesis in lung cancer
22. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
23. Gene therapy for lung cancer
24. Immune therapy for lung cancer
25. Vaccines for lung cancer
26. SRC kinase inhibitors and lung cancer
27. PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10) inhibitors and lung cancer
28. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitors for non-small cell lung cancer
29. Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitor and lung cancer
30. Lung cancer and antisense therapy
31. Inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases
32. Proteasome inhibition and lung cancer