Clinical sources for lung cancer information

This information on lung cancer was produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:

• Lung Cancer. The Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer. February 2005. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
• Management of Patients with Lung Cancer. A National Clinical Guideline. February 2005. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN).
• Guidelines on the selection of patients with lung cancer for surgery. 2001. British Thoracic Society and Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Working Party.
• DeVita et al. Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology. 2008. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
• Pemetrexed for the first-line treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. September 2009. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the information was produced.