Skin Cancers and Sarcomas
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
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…
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…
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 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…
