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. It covers the scientific basis and social impact of cancer, describes the origins and presentations of cancer on a regional and system basis, and discusses the fundamentals of oncology treatment and patient management.

Including a new section on epigenetics, clinical vignettes, clear illustrations, tables and diagrams, as well as a self-test section of MCQs, Lecture Notes: Oncology provides core knowledge for professionals involved in cancer care.

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