Oncology

The Oncology patient
- History and clinical examination
- Investigations
- Staging and survival statistics

Therapeutic options
- Chemotherapy
- Radiotherapy
- Targeted therapy
- Surgical oncology

Breast Cancer
- Breast cancer
- Carcinoma in situ and early breast cancer
- Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC)and inflammatory breast cancer (IBC)

Lung cancer
- Lung cancer
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Small cell lung cancer
- Mesothelioma

Gastrointestinal cancers
- Colorectal cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Oesophageal cancer
- Anal canal cancer
- Hepatobiliary malignancies

Gynaecological cancers
- Cervical cancer
- Uterine cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Lower tract gynaecological cancers
- Gestational trophoblastic disease

Genitourinary cancers
- Kidney cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Testisticular cancer
- Other genitourinary cancers

Head and neck cancer
- Head and neck cancer 1
- Head and neck cancer 2
- Head and neck cancer 3

Haematological cancer
- Acute leukaemia
- Chronic leukaemia
- Plasma cell dyscrasias
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
- Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL)

Malignancy in childhood
- Paediatric oncology
- Primary central nervous system malignancy in children
- Neuroblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma

Other sites
- Skin cancers
- Endocrine cancer
- Primary central nervous system cancer in adults
- Primary bone cancer
- Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP)

Oncological emergencies
- Neutropenic sepsis
- Spinal cord compression
- Superior vena cava obstruction
- Metabolic emergencies

Palliative care
- Pain management
- Specific metatastic conditions
- End of life issues

Other topics
- Cancer genetics
- Late effects of treatment
- Pregnancy and cancer
- Paraneoplastic syndromes
- Immunosuppression and malignancy
- Clinical trials
- Cancer screening

Additional reading and sources of information

Glossary

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