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Officially, the Cuneo Lung
Cancer Study Group (CuLCaSG) was founded in Cuneo, an alpine town
of northwest Italy, in January 20, 1994.
An informal lung cancer group, however, is active since 1982 at the "A.Carle"
Hospital of Chest Diseases, thanks to the work of two thoracic oncologists, the
doctors G. Buccheri and
D. Ferrigno...
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 Mission
The CuLCaSG group is a
nonprofit organization made up by doctors, nurses, and other health care
personnel. It is auxiliary to the local bodies of the Italian Health
Service (the Cuneo Health System) and has three main objectives...
Founders
The group was
launched in January 20, 1994. An informal
lung cancer group, however, is active at the "A.
Carle" Hospital for Chest Diseases since 1982...
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The Scientific
Director
Gianfranco Buccheri, MD, is presently the Director of the
Group. He is mainly responsible for the
CuLCaSG scientific production. Dr. Buccheri is a Thoracic Oncology
Consultant at the S. Croce and Carle Hospital (Cuneo, Piedmont,
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The patient corner
: what we do -and what is
impossible to do- for patients seeking
medical advice;
Membership,
to co-work with us and
Comments and Questions, if you want to hear from
us.
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Scientific Achievements
We investigates primary malignancy of the lung,
posing questions
on different clinical aspects of
the diagnosis and treatment. The main areas of interest are tumor
markers, pre-surgical staging of non-small cell lung cancer, chemotherapy of
the inoperable disease,
psychological issues surrounding
the illness, and prognostic evaluation...
Our Publications
A complete list of the CuLCaSG publications.
Our Most Recent
Studies
The full text our most recent
clinical investigations.
First
Cuneo Lung Cancer Conference Report An
international meeting (The 1st Cuneo Lung Cancer Conference)
held in 1994 in Sommariva Perno, Alba,
in the province of Cuneo... Highlights from the
conference.
Second
Cuneo Lung Cancer Conference Report A monothematic
international meeting (The 2nd Cuneo Lung Cancer Conference)
held in 1998, in Terme di Vinadio, Cuneo... Highlights from the conference.
Third
Cuneo Lung Cancer
Conference A new Lung Cancer meeting (The
3rd Cuneo Lung Cancer Conference)
has been held in Cuneo,
May 2002... Program and information are available on
line.
A small selection of
cancer sites, with emphasis to lung cancer.
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Lung Cancer lessons
(I) CuLCaSG
lessons for patients and their relatives (only in Italian)
Lung Cancer lessons
(II)
CuLCaSG lessons for doctors and health professionals
(only in Italian)
The Lung Cancer Manual Italian Version
The Italian translation of the Lung Cancer Manual,
produced by the Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, and Education (ALCASE),
for patients and their relatives.
The original English version is available for
downloding from the ALCASE web site
Second Cuneo Lung Cancer Conference
- Proceedings
Every three years,
the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
organizes the World Conference on Lung Cancer. The 2000 Conference
has been held in Tokyo, Japan. A report from the
conference, written by the
Scientific Director.
The Leuven Symposium -
Report
Report of Working Group 2: Prognostic factors in non-small
cell lung cancer
The new Italian Textbook of Respiratory Diseaseas (The Lung Cancer Chapter)
The Chapter has been written in late 2001
by the CuLCaSG Scientific Secretary (only in Italian)
The
10th
World Conference on Lung Cancer - Report
The 2003 Conference
has been held in Vancouver, BC, Canada. A report from the
conference, written by the
Scientific Director.
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