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The Teaching Cases Series of Annals of Oncology was editor and publisher of Annals that the first series of cases started in Apri11993. The aim was to use clinical cases as should be published in book form. a means of teaching the principles of diagnosis and Looking back over the first three years of cases, it is management of cancer. We kept in mind the educational clear that a wide range of cancer medicine has been needs of doctors in training, and of other health care covered to a very high standard. Taken together, the cases professionals. We planned that the cases would cover a are a valuable and a convenient source of information. For wide range of clinical diagnosis and diagnostic problems this book the text and references have been updated where and treatment decisions. necessary. In choosing the authors I have emphasized expertise I hope that readers of Annals of Oncology and others and enthusiasm. I attempted to invite cases from as wide a will find it a useful addition to their libraries. I am grate range of contributors as possible to reflect different ful to Franco Cavalli for having invited me to be the first opinions in the European countries. The contributors have editor of this series which I am sure will continue to responded magnificently to my requests for changes, my flourish. constant reminders, and my adaptation of their prose.
List of contents
Section 1. General Oncology.- Fever and neutropenia during intensive chemotherapy.- Tamoxifen and hypercalcaemia.- Tumour-induced hypoglycaemia: A case report.- Metastatic tumor of unknown primary site.- Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes.- The management of bone metastases.- Section 2. Lymphoma.- The management of Hodgkin's disease.- Mediastinal mass with fever and night sweats in a young farmer - potential pitfalls in the diagnostic work-up and treatment.- Malignant lymphoma versus sarcoma: Discordance between clinical course and immunocytochemistry. Two case reports.- The management of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma with sclerosis.- The management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia - a case history.- Chylothorax in lymphoma: Mechanisms and management.- Lymphoma of uncertain phenotype.- Langerhans' cell histiocytosis - a case history.- Second cancers complicating Hodgkin's disease.- Section 3. Ovarian Cancer.- The management of ovarian cancer.- The endodermal sinus tumour and clear cell ovarian cancer.- The management of granulosa cell tumor of the ovary - a case history.- Section 4. Germ Cell Tumours.- The management of non-seminomatous germ cell tumours (GCT).- A complicated case of metastatic teratoma. Growing teratoma syndrome and cerebral metastasis.- Gestational choriocarcinoma.- Section 5. Breast Cancer.- Male breast cancer.- First-line systemic therapy for metastatic breast cancer and management of pleural effusion.- Section 6. Lung Cancer.- Brain metastases in small-cell lung cancer.- The role of surgery in small-cell lung cancer: A case history.- Section 7. Gastrointestinal Cancer.- Management of advanced colorectal cancer.- Detection and management of advanced gastric cancer.- Section 8. Sarcoma.- High grade soft tissue sarcoma.- Managementof desmoid tumours including a case report of toremifene.- Primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the chest wall.- Section 9. Head and Neck Cancer.- Management of head and neck cancer.- Section 10. Bladder Cancer.- The management of bladder cancer - a case history.
Summary
The Teaching Cases Series of Annals of Oncology was editor and publisher of Annals that the first series of cases started in Apri11993. a means of teaching the principles of diagnosis and Looking back over the first three years of cases, it is management of cancer.
