Bone Sarcomas
Bone Sarcomas Jean-Yves Blay Olivia Bally I. INCIDENCE AND NOSOLOGY Bone sarcomas account for about 10% of all sarcomas, and, therefore, 0.1% to 0.2% of all malignant tumors in adult…
Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
