An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: The Role of the Pulmonologist in the Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer

摘要

Optimal treatment of patients with lung cancer requires a thoracic oncology center and specialists who care for a significant number of patients on a regular basis. The multidisciplinary team should include representatives of all specialties concerned in the management of thoracic malignancies: pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, and nuclear medicine specialists, as well as nurses, pharmacists, physiologists, and palliation specialists. Treatment plans using surgical, radiotherapeutic, and pharmacologic approaches should be reviewed by the team.