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Continuous professional development: elevating thoracic oncology education in Europe
- Source :
- Breathe, Breathe, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 279-285 (2019), Breathe : the respiratory professionel's source for continuing medical education
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- European Respiratory Society, 2019.
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Abstract
- Thoracic oncology encompasses a broad spectrum of primary tumour entities originating from various pulmonary, tracheobronchial, pleural, mediastinal and chest wall tissues or distinct cell types within these compartments. Lung cancer represents by far the most frequent malignant tumour within the thoracic cavity, and is the most common type and largest killer among all cancers worldwide. Lung cancer leads mortality statistics in Europe, accounting for at least one fifth of all cancer-related deaths [1]. In addition, lung cancer causes a significant burden of symptoms in a population of patients with high comorbidity, providing significant challenges to national healthcare systems in the European Union, with the highest overall costs among all cancer types [2–4]. Contrary to the general stigma applied to lung cancer patients, where they are often assumed to suffer from a self-inflicted disease, it is now estimated that up to 10–20% of lung cancer patients are never-smokers [5, 6]. Even if numerically far lower, the remaining<br />The @EuroRespSoc launches a new thoracic oncology continuous professional development programme http://bit.ly/31ShuTp
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
lcsh:RC705-779
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
education
Editorials
lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system
humanities
respiratory tract diseases
Oncology [D15] [Human health sciences]
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030228 respiratory system
Continuing professional development
Thoracic Oncology
medicine
Medical physics
Human medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
business
health care economics and organizations
Bit (key)
Oncologie [D15] [Sciences de la santé humaine]
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20734735 and 18106838
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Breathe
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2cb06c351a195d185ce8da4936747839