Soft-Tissue Sarcomas Jean-Yves Blay Olivia Bally Jean-Michel Coindre I. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SOFT-TISSUE AND VISCERAL SARCOMAS Soft-tissue and visceral sarcomas are a group of malignant diseases characterized by neoplastic proliferation of…
Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors Muhammad O. Chohan Gregory N. Gan Olivier Rixe I. PRIMARY BRAIN TUMORS A. Epidemiology, risk factors, and survival Primary brain tumors (PBT) constitute a wide…
Melanomas and Other Cutaneous Malignancies Ragini Kudchadkar Jeffrey S. Weber I. INTRODUCTION More than two million Americans were diagnosed with skin cancer in 2014, making it the most common malignancy…
Endocrine Cancers Jaydira del Rivero Antonio Tito Fojo I. THYROID CARCINOMA A. Incidence1,2,3 The incidence of thyroid cancer is rising in both men and women. The National Cancer Institute has…
Kidney Cancer David M.J. Hoffman Rekha A. Kumbla Robert A. Figlin I. RENAL CELL CARCINOMA (RCC) Known as “the internist’s tumor” for its diverse clinical manifestations, advances in the understanding…
Urologic and Male Genital Cancers Robert Dreicer I. UROTHELIAL CANCER A. General considerations and staging Urothelial cell carcinomas arise from the transitional epithelium that lines the urethra, bladder, ureter, and…
Gynecologic Cancer J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain Marcela G. del Carmen Don S. Dizon Michael J. Birrer I. CERVICAL CANCER In the United States, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates approximately 12,000…
Carcinoma of the Breast Lillian M. Smyth Clifford A. Hudis I. NATURAL HISTORY AND MODES OF TREATMENT A. Epidemiology and risk factors Breast cancer, accounting for 25% of all cancers,…
Carcinomas of the Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder, and Bile Ducts Timothy J. Kennedy Steven K. Libutti I. ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS A. Epidemiology Pancreatic cancer accounts for only 3% of all…
Carcinomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract Jessica Yarber Sheetal M. Kircher Al B. Benson III I. INTRODUCTION Cancers of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, and anus)…
