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Cancer is one of the most rapidly changing areas of medicine, affecting ever-increasing numbers of people, and this new edition of Lecture Notes: Oncology brings together all the information a medical student or graduate clinician needs in one accessible volume.
List of contents
Preface to the Second Edition.
Part 1: Introduction to oncology.
1 What is cancer?
2 The scientific basis of cancer.
3 The principles of cancer treatment.
4 Cancer and people.
Part 2: Types of cancer.
5 Breast cancer.
6 Central nervous system cancers.
7 Gastrointestinal cancers.
8 Oesophageal cancer.
9 Gastric cancer.
10 Hepatobiliary cancer.
11 Pancreatic cancer.
12 Colorectal cancer.
13 Genitourinary cancers.
14 Kidney cancer.
15 Bladder cancer.
16 Prostate cancer.
17 Testis cancer.
18 Gynaecological cancers.
19 Gestational trophoblastic disease.
20 Cervical cancer.
21 Endometrial cancer.
22 Ovarian cancer.
23 Head and neck cancers.
24 Endocrine cancers.
25 Thyroid cancer.
26 Adrenal cancers.
27 Carcinoid tumours.
28 Pituitary cancers.
29 Parathyroid cancers.
30 Thoracic cancers.
31 Lung cancer.
32 Mesothelioma.
33 Haematological cancers.
34 The leukaemias.
35 Hodgkin's disease.
36 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
37 Myeloma.
38 Skin cancer.
39 Non-melanoma skin tumours.
40 Melanoma.
41 Paediatric solid tumours.
42 Bone cancers and sarcomas.
43 Unknown primary cancer.
44 Immunodeficiency and cancer.
Part 3: The practice of oncology.
45 Paraneoplastic complications of cancer.
46 Oncological emergencies.
47 End-of-life care.
Self-assessment MQCs.
Answers.
Index.
