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Endocrine Malignancies THYROID CANCER Payal D. Shah Eric J. Sherman Epidemiology Incidence: 240% ↑ in incidence over prior 3 decades, in part due to ↑ detection of small papillary CA;…

Head and Neck Malignancies HEAD & NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER Alexander N. Shoushtari Shrujal S. Baxi David G. Pfister Epidemiology H&N CA: US ˜50K cases/y, 11K D/y. >90% = H&N…

Skin Cancers and Sarcomas BASAL AND SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMAS Parisa Momtaz Allan C. Halpern Epidemiology Most common CA in US; collectively known as nonmelanoma skin CA BCC is 5× more…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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…