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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... |
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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, Italy). |
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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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| The Leuven Symposium - Report Report of Working Group 2: Prognostic factors in non-small cell lung cancer. |
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The patient corner
What we do -and what is impossible to do- for patients seeking medical advice; |
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| A small selection of cancer sites, with emphasis to lung cancer. |
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Cuneo Lung Cancer Study Group - Alliance for Lung Cancer Research - The only Italian organization dedicated SOLELY to the study of lung cancer - L'unica organizzazione italiana ESCLUSIVAMENTE dedicata alla studio del cancro del polmone.
1st September 2008 / © 1997-2009 Cuneo Lung Cancer Study Group (CuLCaSG), http://www.culcasg.org, info@culcasg.org Tel. (+39 ) 0171- 1988033 (Mon./Lun.- Fri./Ven. 3 p.m.- 5 p.m.), Fax. (+39) 0171-426916. Address/Indirizzo: c/o ALCASE Italia, corso Barale 9, I-12011 Borgo San Dalmazzo (CN), Italy.
Informations in this site cannot replace the work of your doctor. Discuss with him any informations obtained visiting this site. |
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