TABLE 1

Thoracic oncology curriculum modules

1General principles of the biology of thoracic cancers
2Aetiology and epidemiology
3Clinical presentations
4Diagnostic procedures
5Imaging
6Diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopic techniques and medical thoracoscopy
7Clinical and pathological staging
8Pathology of intrathoracic tumours
9Prognostic factors/predictive markers
10Principles of thoracic surgery
11Management of surgical complications
12Principles of radiation therapy
13Principles of systemic therapy
14Side-effects of systemic therapy and their management
15Combined-modality treatments
16Management of particular groups of patients
17Treatment evaluation and follow-up
18Supportive care
19Methodologies for clinical practice and research
20Ethics
21Cancer-related immunology
22Quality and economic considerations in lung cancer treatment