Gastrointestinal Cancer
Gastrointestinal Cancer Shadi Haddadin Chris Papageorgio ESOPHAGEAL CANCER An estimated 16,640 new cases of esophageal cancer were diagnosed in 2010 in the United States with an estimated 14,500 deaths,1 and…
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Carl G. Kardinal Ravi K. Bobba John T. Cole There have been several important advances not only in the treatment of breast cancer but also in our understanding…
Chemotherapy of Lung Cancer
Chemotherapy of Lung Cancer Saiama N. Waqar Jankiraman Subramanian Daniel Morgensztern Kumar Rajagopalan Ramaswamy Govindan Lung cancer is the most common and most lethal malignancy worldwide with approximately 1.6 million…
Chemotherapy Head and Neck Cancer
Chemotherapy Head and Neck Cancer Nicholas W. Choong Everett E. Vokes Squamous cell carcinoma (SCCHN) is the most common histologic type of cancer to involve the upper aerodigestive tract. The…
Chemotherapy of Primary Brain Tumors
Chemotherapy of Primary Brain Tumors Lynn S. Ashby Roy A. Patchell Cancer affects the CNS in three ways: (1) as primary neoplasms which develop from the brain parenchyma itself, fibrous…
Systemic Therapy for Advanced Melanoma
Systemic Therapy for Advanced Melanoma Clay M. Anderson Rolando Breier Systemic therapy for melanoma is the least effective strategy to treat this disease as of 2011. Early detection and adequate…
Central Venous Access for Chemotherapy
Central Venous Access for Chemotherapy Michael B. Nicholl Paul S. Dale Despite remarkable achievements in cancer prevention, detection, and treatment, cancer is still the second leading cause of death in…
Gonadal Complications and Teratogenicity of Cancer Therapy
Gonadal Complications and Teratogenicity of Cancer Therapy Catherine E. Klein Sonia Okuyama In recent years, the remarkable screening, diagnostic, and therapeutic advances in the practice of oncology have totally altered…
Chemotherapy in Pregnancy
Chemotherapy in Pregnancy Monique A. Hartley-Brown Donald C. Doll Cancer during pregnancy is fairly uncommon. It is the leading cause of death in women of childbearing age with an incidence…
Second Malignancies after Chemotherapy
Second Malignancies after Chemotherapy Daniel J. Becker Thomas S. Uldrick Alfred I. Neugut The era of modern chemotherapy traces back to the 1940s when it was discovered that the nitrogen…
