About the Book
Edited by Dr. Stephen Yang, each volume in the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Series is packed with practical, authoritative information designed to cover the full range of diagnostic procedures, including pathologic, radiologic, bronchoscopic, and surgical aspects. You'll be able to determine the safest, shortest, least invasive way to reach an accurate diagnosis; stage the disease; and choose the best initial treatment for early stages. Based on current evidence in the literature, authors provide clinical, hands-on tools to help you make informed decisions on precisely what tests and imaging studies are needed to diagnose and stage each type of cancer. And, each volume is available online at expertconsult.com with videos of diagnostic procedures to help you better manage your patients, as well as access to all of the images, tables, and drawings from the text.
Includes access to the full-text online as well as procedural videos and all of the book's images, tables, and drawings at expertconsult.com.
Outlines the steps after diagnosis to guide you through formulating a treatment or patient care plan.
Emphasizes important points-such as risk-adjusted screening for staging and the use of promising new gene therapies-with "key points� boxes at the beginning of each chapter and pedagogic features throughout.
Summarizes the process of accurately diagnosing and staging cancer in a logical, almost algorithmic, approach for easy reference.
Discusses the treatment of early-stage disease so you have clear options for care.
Complements the procedures outlined in the text with full-color photographs and line drawings to reinforce your understanding of the material.
About the Author :
Stephen C. Yang, MD, FACS, MAMSE is Professor of Surgery and Medical Oncology, and the Arthur B. and Patricia B. Modell Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, starting as faculty in 1994. He serves as Vice-Chair for Professional Development for the Department of Surgery. His teaching, research and clinical service awards include the: 1996 Johns Hopkins William F. Rienhoff Award for research; 1997 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Andrew Morrow Research Scholar; 2004 Medical College of Virginia Outstanding Alumnus Award; 2006 Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Socrates Award; 2006 Society of Thoracic Surgeons J. Maxwell Chamberlain Award for the best general thoracic paper at the annual meeting; 2008 Johns Hopkins Dean's Award as Clinical Teacher of the Year; 2017 Southern Thoracic Surgical Association Urschel-Mavroudis Spirit Award; 2018 Medical School Graduation Marshall. He has been inducted into The Johns Hopkins Distinguished Teaching Society, AOA Honor Society at MCV, the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators, and honorary member of the Women in Thoracic Surgery. In 2026, he was awarded the Department of Surgery "William A. Baumgarter Mentor of the Year."
His clinical interests involve all aspects of general thoracic surgery, with emphasis in lung and esophageal cancer biology/survivorship, pectus excavatum, robotics surgery, patient safety/outcomes, geriatric thoracic surgery and enhancing the educational paradigm for medical students, residents and junior faculty. He had developed novel techniques in lung transplantation with cadaveric lobar transplantation, and in robotic surgery, and currently one of the few surgeons performing single port robotic surgery. His educational research is focused on outcomes of training paradigms, metrics of board certification, and the influence of national scholarship programs, in particular the STS "Looking to the Future" Awards which he created in 2006, and the STSA "Brooks Scholarship" in 2011. He has donated to the WTS in 2026 a research scholarship "The Muriel T. Yang Educational Award" in honor of his mother who would have been 99 years old.
Elected to the American Board of Thoracic Surgery in 2014, he is the immediate past Examination Chair and Editor-in-Chief of SESATS XIII. He currently serves as Consultant and Advisor to the ABTS, chairing the EPA Advisory Council. He is the current President of the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association, and elected to the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Thoracic Surgery in 2019. As the immediate Past President of the STSA, he serves as the current Chair of the Foundation Board. He was the JTCVS Associate Editor for the education section, former Chair of the Medical Student Education Committee for the ACS, and Past President of the Surgery Clerkship Directors Association for the ASE.
Review :
"This 5-volume set (the volumes are also sold individually) presents clear, practical guidelines for breast, ovarian, prostate, colorectal, and head and neck cancers, with a volume devoted to each type. Each volume includes online access to a website containing the text in searchable form, PubMed abstracts for the bibliography, and other features. The volumes are well-illustrated with excellent color plates of drawings and clinical and micro-photographs. Each chapter features an introductory list of key points, a clearly organized text in outline form, and a concluding list of references. The chapters describe the technologies used in diagnosis, types of surgery, pathology, therapies, imaging, genetics, treatment options for recurrence, reconstruction surgeries, and follow-up treatment and surveillance. This five-volume set is a thoughtfully conceived, well-produced, and up-to-date work, written and edited mainly by American specialists, that will be invaluable to the student and practitioner."
- Book News, Inc.
