Lecture Notes – Oncology 3e

<p>Preface vi<br /><br />About the companion website vii<br /><br />Part 1 Introduction to oncology<br /><br />1 What is cancer? 3<br /><br />2 The scientific basis of cancer 22<br /><br />3 The principles of cancer treatment 52<br /><br />4 Cancer and people 96<br /><br />Part 2 Types of cancer<br /><br />5 Breast cancer 107<br /><br />6 Central nervous system cancers 116<br /><br />7 Oesophageal cancer 124<br /><br />8 Gastric cancer 128<br /><br />9 Hepatobiliary cancer 132<br /><br />10 Pancreatic cancer 137<br /><br />11 Colorectal cancer 143<br /><br />12 Kidney cancer 151<br /><br />13 Bladder cancer 156<br /><br />14 Prostate cancer 161<br /><br />15 Testis cancer 169<br /><br />16 Gestational trophoblastic disease 175<br /><br />17 Cervical cancer 178<br /><br />18 Endometrial cancer 183<br /><br />19 Ovarian cancer 186<br /><br />20 Head and neck cancers 193<br /><br />21 Thyroid cancer 200<br /><br />22 Adrenal cancers 203<br /><br />23 Carcinoid tumours 206<br /><br />24 Pituitary tumours 210<br /><br />25 Parathyroid cancers 212<br /><br />26 Lung cancer 214<br /><br />27 Mesothelioma 224<br /><br />28 The leukaemias 227<br /><br />29 Hodgkin s lymphoma 238<br /><br />30 Non–Hodgkin s lymphoma 244<br /><br />31 Myeloma 252<br /><br />32 Non–melanoma skin tumours 258<br /><br />33 Melanoma 264<br /><br />34 Paediatric solid tumours 271<br /><br />35 Cancers in teenagers and young adults 279<br /><br />36 Bone and soft tissue sarcomas 281<br /><br />37 Cancer of unknown primary 289<br /><br />38 Immunodeficiency–related cancers 295<br /><br />Part 3 The practice of oncology<br /><br />39 Paraneoplastic complications of cancer 303<br /><br />40 Oncological emergencies 314<br /><br />41 End of life care 334<br /><br />42 Cancer survivorship 339<br /><br />Index 341&nbsp;</p>