The American Cancer Society's Oncology in Practice

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Editorial Board and Reviewers

List of Contributors

Introduction

Section 1 Thoracic Cancers

1 Lung Cancer
Suresh S. Ramalingam and Fadlo R. Khuri

2 Other Thoracic Malignancies
Brandon H. Tieu, Mehee Choi, Kyle Robinson, and Charles R. Thomas, Jr

Section 2 Digestive System Cancers

3 Esophageal Cancer
Ravi Shridhar, Khaldoun Almhanna, Sarah E. Hoffe, Matthew Biagioli, Domenico Coppola, and Kenneth L. Meredith

4 Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Roger H. Kim, Quyen D. Chu, and Benjamin D. Li

5 Small Bowel Cancer (Excluding Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors and Carcinoid)
Alireza Hamidian Jahromi, Roger H. Kim, Quyen D. Chu, and Benjamin D. Li

6 Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
Quyen D. Chu, Erkut Borazanci, Roger H. Kim, and Guillermo Sangster

7 Liver Cancers
Celina Ang, Sonia Reichert, and Randall F. Holcombe

8 Biliary Tract Cancers/Cholangiocarcinomas
Celina Ang, Sonia Reichert, and Randall F. Holcombe

9 Colon and Rectal Cancer
Lauren Kosinski, Ben George, Kiran K. Turaga, Candice A. Johnstone, and Mohammad Mahmoud

10 Anal Cancer
Cathy Eng, Ravi Shridhar, Emily Chan, Nataly Silva, Liana Tsikitis, Susan Hedlund, Michael D. Chuong, and Charles R. Thomas, Jr

11 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Rian M. Hasson Charles, Stanley W. Ashley, and Chandrajit P. Raut

Section 3 Head and Neck

12 Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer
Avinash V. Mantravadi and Michael G. Moore

13 Salivary Gland Cancer
Daniel Brickman and Neil D. Gross

14 Larynx Cancer
Emma B. Holliday, Blaine D. Smith, Neil D. Gross, Clifton D. Fuller, and David I. Rosenthal

15 Nasal and Paranasal Sinus Cancer
Emma B. Holliday, Michael E. Kupferman, Clifton D. Fuller, and Ehab Hanna

16 Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Jamie M. Pawlowski, Emma B. Holliday, and Clifton D. Fuller

Section 4 Urinary System

17 Renal Cell Carcinoma
Jonathan Mathias and Brian Rini

18 Bladder Cancer and Other Urothelial Sites
Michael C. Risk, Ayman Soubra, and Badrinath R. Konety 

Section 5 Female Reproductive Cancer

19 Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancer
Michael L. Pearl, Erin E. Stevens, and Joyce Varughese 

20 Uterine Corpus Cancer
Mario Javier Pineda and John R. Lurain

21 Cervical Cancer
Merieme Klobocista, Mark H. Einstein, and Carolyn D. Runowicz

22 Vaginal Cancer
Christina Gauthreaux, Anna Kuan]Celarier, and Carolyn D. Runowicz

23 Vulvar Cancer
Carolyn D. Runowicz

24 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
Alok Pant and John R. Lurain

Section 6 Male Reproductive Cancers

25 Testicular Cancer
Costantine Albany, Nasser Hanna, and Lawrence H. Einhorn

26 Prostate Cancer
Bobby C. Liaw and William K. Oh

27 Penile Cancer
David Bowes and Juanita Crook

Section 7 Breast Cancer

28 Breast Cancer, Including Brief Discussion of Male Breast Cancer
Elisavet Paplomata and Ruth O’Regan

Section 8 Hematologic Cancers

29 Myeloid Malignancies
Joshua F. Zeidner, Darshan Roy, Alexander Perl, and Ivana Gojo

30 Lymphoid Leukemias in Adults
Nilanjan Ghosh, Jocelyn L. Wozney, and Michael R. Grunwald

31 Hodgkin Lymphoma in Adults
Satish Shanbhag and Richard Ambinder

32 Non]Hodgkin Lymphoma in Adults
Loretta J. Nastoupil, Jean L. Koff, Leon Bernal]Mizrachi, and Christopher R. Flowers

33 Multiple Myeloma
Giada Bianchi and Kenneth C. Anderson

Section 9 Skin Cancer

34 Melanoma
Justin M. Ko, Alan C. Geller, and Susan M. Swetter

35 Non]Melanoma Skin Cancers
H. William Higgins, II and Martin A. Weinstock

Section 10 Endocrine Cancers

36 Thyroid Cancer
Maria E. Cabanillas, Steven P. Weitzman, Ramona Dadu, Ted Gansler, and Mark Zafereo

37 Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma and Pheochromocytoma
Robert Dreicer, Moshe C. Ornstein, Kriti Mittal, Jordan Reynolds, Joseph Klink, Christopher Przybycin, and Jorge A. Garcia

38 Pituitary Tumors
Adriana G. Ioachimescu and Nelson M. Oyesiku

39 Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Jonathan Strosberg

Section 11 Cancer of the Nervous System and Eye

40 Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nerves
D. Ryan Ormond, Alexandros Bouras, Michael Moore, Matthew Gary, Paula Province Warren, Roshan Prabhu, Kathleen M. Egan, Srikant Rangaraju, Christina Appin, Constantinos Hadjipanayis, Burt Nabors, Alfredo Voloschin, and Jeffrey J. Olson

41 Malignant Tumors of the Eye
Devron H. Char and Tia B. Cole

Section 12 Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

42 Sarcomas of Bone in Adults
Mrinal Gounder, Yoshiya Yamada, and Nicola Fabbri

43 Sarcoma of Soft Tissue
Mrinal Gounder, Vinod Ravi, Yoshiya Yamada, Richard Carvajal, and Aimee Crago

Section 13 Cancer of Unknown Primary, Paraneoplastic Syndromes, and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

44 Cancer of Unknown Primary Site
John D. Hainsworth and F. Anthony Greco

45 Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Lorraine C. Pelosof and David E. Gerber

46 Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
Kiran K. Turaga

Section 14 Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology

47 Pediatric Cancers
Stephanie B. Dixon, Lisa M. Force, Pratiti Bandopadhayay, Peter Manley, Carlos Rodriguez]Galindo, Lewis B. Silverman, and Karen J. Marcus

Index