Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
20915 Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma Emily E. Jonczak and Breelyn A. Wilky Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare, translocation-driven soft tissue sarcoma (STS) classically affecting adolescents and young…
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
13710 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor César Serrano and Suzanne George Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) span a wide clinical spectrum that ranges from lesions with essentially no metastatic potential to malignant and…
Surgical Oncology
132 Surgical Oncology Mark Fairweather and Chandrajit P. Raut Soft tissue sarcomas are composed of a heterogeneous group of tumors that demonstrate distinctive clinical behavior based on their inherent tumor…
Leiomyosarcoma
1178 Leiomyosarcoma Amanda Parkes and Neeta Somaiah Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a relatively common type of soft tissue sarcoma, commonly with an aggressive clinical course. The two broad categories of LMS…
Medical Oncology
31 Medical Oncology Ravin Ratan and Shreyaskumar R. Patel Localized approaches such as surgery and radiation therapy are the mainstay for localized, resectable, low-risk sarcoma patients. However, a significant portion…
Radiation Oncology
434 Radiation Oncology Jessica W. Lee and David G. Kirsch Radiation therapy (RT) uses ionizing radiation (IR), which damages DNA to exert the end effect of cell death. IR is…
Supportive and Palliative Care in Lung Cancer
19 SUPPORTIVE AND PALLIATIVE CARE IN LUNG CANCER Shruti Bhandari, MD • Jonathan S. Alexander, MD A 50-year-old Hispanic male is treated for metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung. He complains…
Diagnostics of Lung Cancer
11 DIAGNOSTICS OF LUNG CANCER Shruti Bhandari, MD • Umair Gauhar, MBBS • Bilal Athar Jalil, MD • Emily Jonczak, MD • Raja Mudad, MD, FACP • Chandler Park, MD,…
Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment: Early Stage
13 NON–SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER TREATMENT: EARLY STAGE Victor van Berkel, MD, PhD • Michael J. Carr, MD, MS • Neal E. Dunlap, MD • Matthew Fox, MD • Ignacio…
Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment: Metastatic
18 SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER TREATMENT: METASTATIC Neal E. Dunlap, MD • Muhammad Husnain, MD • Phuong T. Ngo, MD • Cesar A. Perez, MD • Mehran Yusuf, MD CHEMOTHERAPY…
