Clinical Oncology

I. General aspects
- and overview
- Induction phase
- In-situ phase
- Phase of invasion
- Phase of dissemination
- Conclusion
- Epidemiology
- Incidence and mortality
- Aetiology
- Radiation
- Chemical substances
- Iatrogenic chemical factors
- Personal habits
- Parasites
- Viruses
- Occupational factors in carcinogenesis
- Genetic factors
- Immune deficiency and cancer
- Pathology
- Definitions
- Classification
- Tumour structure
- Grading of cancer
- Clinicopathological correlations
- In-situ and precancerous lesions
- Natural history of cancer
- Tumour growth
- Tumour spread
- Tumour-host relationship
- Local recurrences and metastases
- Multiple-primary cancers
- Effects of treatment on natural history
- Factors bearing on prognosis
- Causes of death
- Spontaneous cure
- Mass screening and early detection
- Diagnosis
- History
- Physical examination
- Special procedures
- Evaluation of the extent of disease
- Clinical staging
- Pathological staging
- Principles of treatment
- "Multidisciplinary" team approach to cancer therapy
- Planning the treatment
- Forms of treatment
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Multimodal therapy
- Choice of treatment
- Supportive care of cancer patients
- Psychological aspects
- The physician's attitude to cancer
- The patient's attitude to his cancer
- The doctor-patient relationship
- The special problems of the "dying" patient
- Education of the public about cancer
- Prognosis

II. Cancers of specific sites
- Skin excluding melanoma
- Malignant melanoma
- Head and neck
- Lips, oral cavity and oropharynx
- Lip
- Tongue
- Buccal mucosa
- Floor of the mouth
- Gums
- Palate
- Tonsils
- Paranasal sinuses
- Nasopharynx
- Larynx
- Hypopharynx
- Piriform sinus
- Postcricoid area and posterior wall
- Salivary glands
- Major salivary glands
- Minor salivary glands
- Jaw
- Epulis
- Odonotomes
- Adamantinoma
- Central tumours