SCTS Foundation Doctor Academy | Session 2: Lung Cancer

This national cardiothoracic teaching programme is brought to you by Dr Hanad Ahmed on behalf of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS) Education and Trainee Committees. It is the first centralised teaching programme specifically targeting foundation doctors. We hope this programme provides you with an insight into the specialty and a grounding in many of the core disease processes and their management.

Session 2 covers Lung Cancer with our guest speaker Ms Annnemarie Brunswicker, an ST6 cardiothoracic registrar based in the Northwest Deanery.

00:00 Introduction
01:14 Lung anatomy & Physiology
09:15 Epidemiology of lung cancer
09:42 Types of lung cancer
11:44 Case scenarios
16:03 Signs and symptoms of lung cancer
17:50 Investigations and cancer staging
25:59 Treatment options
26:50 Patient fitness & risk assessment for surgery
28:28 Surgical management
31:53 Post-operative recovery
32:55 Complications of surgery
34:13 New developments: Cancer screening
35:15 Close