Lecture Notes: Oncology

Mark Bower is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in London and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Oncology and undergraduate oncology curriculum module coordinator at the Imperial College School of Medicine. He is also the programme director and educational supervisor for all SpRs on the West London oncology rotation. Jonathan Waxman is a Professor of Oncology at the Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College School of Medicine, London. He is a highly experienced clinician who has developed new treatments for cancer, which are now part of standard practice. He is the author of 250 research papers and chapters, and of eleven books on cancer.

Preface to the second edition, vi Part 1: Introduction to Oncology 1 What is cancer? 3 2 The scientific basis of cancer 18 3 The principles of cancer treatment 43 4 Cancer and people 78 Part 2: Types of Cancer 5 Breast cancer 89 6 Central nervous system cancers 96 7 Gastrointestinal cancers 103 8 Oesophageal cancer 104 9 Gastric cancer 107 10 Hepatobiliary cancer 110 11 Pancreatic cancer 115 12 Colorectal cancer 120 13 Genitourinary cancers 126 14 Kidney cancer 127 15 Bladder cancer 132 16 Prostate cancer 137 17 Testis cancer 144 18 Gynaecological cancers 149 19 Gestational trophoblastic disease 150 20 Cervical cancer 153 21 Endometrial cancer 157 22 Ovarian cancer 159 23 Head and neck cancers 163 24 Endocrine cancers 168 25 Thyroid cancer 170 26 Adrenal cancers 172 27 Carcinoid tumours 174 28 Pituitary tumours 177 29 Parathyroid cancers 179 30 Thoracic cancers 180 31 Lung cancer 181 32 Mesothelioma 186 33 Haematological cancers 189 34 The leukaemias 190 35 Hodgkin's disease 195 36 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 199 37 Myeloma 205 38 Skin cancer 209 39 Non-melanoma skin tumours 210 40 Melanoma 213 41 Paediatric solid tumours 216 42 Bone cancers and sarcomas 222 43 Unknown primary cancer 229 44 Immunodefi ciency and cancer 235 Part 3: The Practice of Oncology 45 Paraneoplastic complications of cancer 243 46 Oncological emergencies 254 47 End of life care 268 Self-assessment MCQs 273 Answers to MCQs 277 Index 278 Colour plate section faces p. 146