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Preface |
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Acknowledgement |
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2 Principles of cancer diagnosis and staging |
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Securing a tissue diagnosis |
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Principles of cancer staging |
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3 Decision-making and communication |
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Clinical evidence and clinical trials |
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4 Principles of surgical oncology |
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Management of the primary tumour |
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Combined surgery and radiotherapy |
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Management of regional lymph nodes |
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5 Principles of radiotherapy |
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Biological actions of ionizing radiation |
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39 | (1) |
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Clinical use of radiotherapy |
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42 | (4) |
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Side effects of radiotherapy |
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47 | (4) |
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6 Principles of systemic treatment |
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51 | (4) |
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Administration of chemotherapy |
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Experimental chemotherapy |
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7 Lung cancer and mesothelioma |
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67 | (22) |
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67 | (16) |
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83 | (6) |
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112 | (1) |
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9 Gastrointestinal cancer |
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115 | (38) |
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Carcinoma of the oesophagus |
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115 | (6) |
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121 | (5) |
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Carcinoma of the pancreas |
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126 | (5) |
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131 | (4) |
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135 | (3) |
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Carcinoma of the gallbladder |
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138 | (1) |
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Carcinoma of the colon and rectum |
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138 | (8) |
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146 | (3) |
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Tumours of the peritoneum |
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149 | (4) |
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153 | (26) |
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153 | (3) |
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156 | (9) |
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165 | (5) |
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170 | (4) |
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174 | (5) |
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179 | (22) |
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185 | (3) |
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188 | (4) |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (5) |
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201 | (16) |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (4) |
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217 | (14) |
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Carcinoma of the oral cavity |
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217 | (6) |
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Carcinoma of the oropharynx |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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Carcinoma of the hypopharynx |
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224 | (1) |
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Carcinoma of the nasopharynx |
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225 | (1) |
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Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (3) |
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231 | (14) |
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231 | (7) |
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Tumours of the parathyroid gland |
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238 | (1) |
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Tumours of the adrenal glands |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (3) |
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) |
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243 | (2) |
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245 | (14) |
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245 | (5) |
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250 | (4) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (3) |
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259 | (20) |
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259 | (7) |
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) |
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266 | (13) |
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17 Haematological malignancy |
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279 | (22) |
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279 | (11) |
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290 | (11) |
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301 | (16) |
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301 | (1) |
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Central nervous system tumours |
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301 | (3) |
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Bone and soft-tissue tumours |
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304 | (2) |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (3) |
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Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumour) |
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310 | (2) |
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312 | (5) |
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317 | (14) |
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Squamous and basal cell carcinoma |
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317 | (6) |
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323 | (5) |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (3) |
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20 Carcinoma of unknown primary |
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331 | (6) |
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21 Oncological emergencies |
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337 | (12) |
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337 | (1) |
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Spinal cord and cauda equina compression |
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338 | (2) |
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Superior vena cava obstruction |
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340 | (2) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (1) |
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Toxicities related to immunotherapy agents |
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343 | (6) |
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349 | (12) |
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349 | (6) |
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355 | (2) |
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357 | (4) |
Appendix 1 Worldwide cancer burden - males and females |
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Appendix 2 Worldwide cancer burden - males |
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363 | (2) |
Appendix 3 Worldwide cancer burden - females |
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365 | (2) |
Appendix 4 Answers to self-assessment questions |
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Index |
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