Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Gastrointestinal Malignancies HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (HCC) Jean K. Lee Ghassan Abou-Alfa Epidemiology 5th most common CA worldwide (626000/y) & 3rd leading cause of worldwide CA mortality (598000/y) >80% cases of HCC…
Thoracic Malignancies
Thoracic Malignancies NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS Helena A. Yu Mark G. Kris Epidemiology 225K lung CA cases w/160K death annually in US; 80% are NSCLC; leading cause of CA…
Genitourinary Malignancies
Genitourinary Malignancies LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER Eric L. Smith Epidemiology Incidence: 240000, Most common non-skin CA in US men Annual Mortality: 28000, 2nd most common cause of CA death in men…
Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease THE HIGH RISK ONCOLOGY PATIENT Lalitha Parameswaran Monika K. Shah Background: Identification of the High Risk Host Pts undergoing CA tx are at ↑ risk for infxn due…
Pain and Palliative Care
Pain and Palliative Care PRINCIPLES OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE Rebecca T. Armendariz Stacy M. Stabler What is Palliative Care? Definition: Palliative medicine is a specialized medical care for people w/serious or…
Cancer Survivorship
Cancer Survivorship CANCER SURVIVORSHIP Elizabeth Won Matthew J. Matasar Overview W/improvement in dx & tx of CA, there are millions of CA survivors, w/the number increasing Pts experience the nl…
Cancer Complications
Cancer Complications TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME Jarett L. Feldman Matthew J. Matasar Definition TLS is the metabolic abnormalities a/w spontaneous &/or tx-induced cell death that can be potentially fatal in certain…
Cancer Pharmacology
Cancer Pharmacology PHARMACOGENETICS AND PHARMACOGENOMICS Mabel Rodriguez Introduction Pharmacogenetics: Effect of heritability on response to drugs. Study of single genes & their effects on interindividual differences in drug metabolizing enzymes….
Cancer Genetics
Cancer Genetics BRCA1/2 Payal D. Shah Kenneth Offit Mark Robson Biology Genes: BRCA1 on chromosome 17q, BRCA2 on 13q Function: TSGs; proteins function in double-stranded DNA damage repair by homologous…
Cancer Immunology
Cancer Immunology CANCER IMMUNOBIOLOGY Gabriela Soriano Hobbs Alexander M. Lesokhin Cancer Immunology Basics The immune system plays an important role in CA surveillance; Rx that modulate & amplify the immune…
