Chemotherapy of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site
Chemotherapy of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site John D. Hainsworth F. Anthony Greco Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is a common clinical syndrome, accounting for 3% to 5% of…
Chemotherapy of Gynecologic Cancers
Chemotherapy of Gynecologic Cancers Mark Hunter Malignancies of the female reproductive tract affect the lives of >80,000 women in the United States each year and are responsible for approximately 27,000…
Chemotherapy of Genitourinary Cancer
Chemotherapy of Genitourinary Cancer Maha Hussain Gary R. Macvicar PROSTATE CANCER Introduction Prostate cancer remains the most common noncutaneous cancer diagnosis among American men with an estimated 217,730 new diagnoses…
Endocrine Tumors
Endocrine Tumors Steven Duffy Keith Goldstein Stephen L. Graziano CHEMOTHERAPY OF ENDOCRINE TUMORS The endocrine tumors include thyroid cancer, adrenal gland tumors, pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, pancreatic endocrine tumors (PETs), and…
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…
