Contents
- Part 1 Background
- Chapter 1 Multidisciplinary approach to cancer
- Chapter 2 Aetiology and epidemiology
- Chapter 3 Genetics of cancer
- Part 2 Principles of treatment
- Chapter 4 Surgical oncology
- Chapter 5 Principles of radiation oncology
- Chapter 6 Principles of chemotherapy
- Chapter 7 Principles of symptom control in palliative care
- Chapter 8 Late effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy
- Chapter 9 Hormone therapy
- Part 3 Clinical trials, cancer prevention, and screening
- Chapter 11 Clinical trials
- Chapter 12 Cancer prevention
- Chapter 13 Population screening for cancer
- Part 4 Specific types of cancer
- Chapter 14 Thoracic cancer
- Chapter 15 Breast cancer
- Chapter 16 Colorectal cancer
- Chapter 17 Anal cancer
- Chapter 18 Upper gastrointestinal cancer
- Chapter 19 Endocrine cancers
- Chapter 20 Genitourinary cancers
- Chapter 21 Gynaecological cancer
- Chapter 22 Head and neck cancers
- Chapter 23 Tumours of the central nervous system
- Chapter 24 Skin cancers
- Chapter 25 Haematological malignancies
- Chapter 26 Bone and soft-tissue malignancies
- Chapter 27 Cancer of unknownprimary (CUP)
- Chapter 28 Paraneoplastic syndromes
- Chapter 29 AIDS-related malignancies
- Chapter 30 Childhood cancers presenting in adults
- Part 5 Emergencies in oncology
- Chapter 31 Spinal cord compression and bone marrow suppression
- Chapter 32 Superior vena cava obstruction and raised intracranial pressure
- Chapter 33 Stridor
- Chapter 34 Thromboembolic and cardiac emergencies
- Chapter 35 Obstruction
- Chapter 36 Biochemical crises
- Chapter 37 Complications of long-term central venous lines and chemotherapy extravasation
- Part 6 The way forward
- Chapter 38 Novel therapeutic strategies
- Chapter 39 Gene therapy and immunotherapy for cancer
- Chapter 40 Biomarkers and cancer
- Part 7 Appendices
- Index


